|
|
Post by Administrator on Mar 20, 2017 14:15:11 GMT
Barry's war dead: March 1917The information at the was compiled by Paul Kemp, of Barry, a member of the Barry at War Group and of the Western Front Association. LINK
|
|
|
|
Post by Administrator on Mar 20, 2017 14:29:27 GMT
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Reginald Henry Mattravers, Merchant Navy, drowned on March 6, 1917 when he was swept overboard from his ship SS Decasin. Aged 18 he lived at 1 Cardiff Road, Barry.
Eustace Green, Fireman, Mercantile Marine. He died on March 8, 1917 when his ship, the SS Dunbarmoor, on a voyage from Rosario to Manchester with a cargo of wheat, was sunk by the German submarine U-44 (Paul Wagenführ), 180 miles WNW of Fastnet. Twelve persons were lost.
Aged 36, he was the son of the late Mrs Martha Ann Green and husband of Philippa Green (nee Kennedy) of 23, Beverley Street, Cadoxton. Born at Barbados.
On March 8, 1917 Johan Karlson Marine Engineer SS Folia Merchant Navy, aged 27, the son of Karl and Kristine Karlson, husband of Florence Karlson of 13 Brickyard Terrace, Cadoxton. On Sunday, March 11 1917 the Folia, commanded by Captain F Inch, was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast while on a voyage from New York to Bristol.
The Folia was torpedoed by the German submarine U-53 which surfaced and sank the vessel by gunfire. Seven of the crew were lost, 68 survived.
Nicholas Patinios, Fireman, SS Frimaire, Merchant Navy drowned when his ship was torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay on March 15, 1917. Aged 24, he was the husband of Bridget Patinios of 48 Graving Dock Street (now St Mary’s Avenue), Barry.
On March 15 on a voyage from St Nazaire to Bayonne his ship was sunk by German submarine UC21, 21 miles SSE of Belle Ile. Twelve persons were lost.
|
|
