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Fiona's MBE reward for lifetime's work seeking justice for Lancastria families

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Kinross, was awarded a MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for her part in bringing international awareness to a hushed-up disaster at sea that directly involved her close family and ended an estimated 4000 lives.

Fiona, chair of the Lancastria Association of Scotland during its active years, has been the driving force for decades, behind a monumental team effort to publicise and memorialise the amazing, tragic story of HMT The Lancastria, a massive troopship sunk in World War II.Most people have heard of the Titanic – often cited as Britain’s worst maritime disaster.Many have heard of the Lusitania, credited with bringing America into the First World War, after she was torpedoed by a German U-boat.But very few are aware of an event in.

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