Memorial for war victims

A memorial will be created in Liverpool to more than 800 Second World War POWs who died when their transport ship was torpedoed in the Irish Sea.

The city has joined forces with the Italian Consulate to remember the souls lost on the Arandora Star in 1940.

The ship was carrying 470 Italian and 243 German POWs, as well as 79 Allied guards and crew, from Liverpool.

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