Next of Kin to attend dedication of American memorial Chapel in St.Paul's. A group of next-of-kin arrived at Northolt today from America, to attend Wednesday's dedication of an American Memorial Chapel in St. Paul's Cathedra, in the presence of H.M. The Queen and the United States Vice President, M.. Richard Nixon. The Chapel is in Memory of American Servicemen who died while based on the United Kingdom in the Second World War. Photo shows Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Blum, of Brooklyn, N.Y., whose son, Murray Morris, a chief radio operator in the Merchant Marine, lost his life when he dived into a rough sea to try to save a victim of a collision between two ships operation in a black out convoy. Blum received posthumously the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal and a ship was named after him.
Photo measures 6 x 8.25 inches.
Photo is dated 11-24-1958.
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