This page of remembrance by Billy McGee

LARSEN, Able Seaman, LARS PETER, S.S. Newminster (Newcastle). Merchant Navy. 26th July 1940. Age 62.
Buried Stockton-on-Tees (Oxbridge Lane) Cemetery. Sec. C. Cof E. Row H. Grave 66.
Cargo ship Newminster, 967grt, (Tyne Tees SS Co.) had loaded a cargo of coal
in Seaham Harbour for Portsmouth and had sailed in the coastal Convoy FS-216 7th July 1940
down to Southend where she joined up with 21 ship coastal Convoy CW-8,
sailing on the 25th July 1940 for the final part of her voyage.

Shortly after leaving Southend, the Convoy was attacked by an estimated seventy-five German aircraft,
which decimated the small coasters.
By the late afternoon 12 ships had been sunk.
On the same night, the Convoy came under another attack from German E-boats who sank another 3 ships.

The Newminster, although damaged in the attacks arrived at Dover under tow
with 1 of her crew dead and another 3 injured.

The Newminster was later put back in service and continued throughout the war
as part of the "Coal Scuttle Brigade" as they affectionately became known.

The ship was finally broken up in 1951 after 26 years service.