A selection of images from the 2010 Lancastria commemoration events in France
Survivors and relatives with the Lancastria buoy in the foreground
Survivors and relatives with French naval vessel which is immediately above the wrecksite
Survivors and relatives with Lancastria buoy behind
Survivors and relatives aboard French tourism boat
Survivors and relatives above the wrecksite and below
Flypast and below a closeup of the buoy
Wreaths are cast into the water
Above, Fiona Symon, Chair of the Lancastria Association of Scotland at memorial services at La Boule and Saint Nazaire and also piper Serge Athenour de Gourdon plays a lament at Pornic cemetery.
Above French veterans salute the Lancastria dead and left Captain Yves Beaujuge, Vice President of the Lancastria Association of Scotland addresses dignitaries and onlookers at the main memorial service at St. Nazaire. Below a Scottish piper plays a lament at La Boule.
One of the many victims of the Lancastria, Private Cooper of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - La Boule
On the day of the memorial service over the wreck, survivor Joe O’Brien now living in New Zealand receives his Lancastria medal.
