Merthyr Dyfan Cemetery, Barry.

[Administrator]

This is a further small tribute to some of the men recorded as buried in Merthyr Dyfan Cemetery, Barry. Not all from the town but who are now forever part of it.

Many from Barry as those from other places had no known grave but the Sea.

Arrenhius, A J - S.S. Soborg. – (7) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Bloodworth, Percival Harry - M.V. Empire Jet (Glasgow). – (11) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Cadogan, Daniel- S.S. Rose Schiaffino (Cardiff). - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Coleman, Patrick Joseph - S.S. Forte La Traite (London). – (14) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Davies, Ivor Emlyn - S.S. Magdalena (West Hartlepool). - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

thingyinson, Herbert Leslie- S.S. Carare (Liverpool). – (8) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Dooley, John - S.S. Tunisia (Swansea). - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Edmondson, Ernest - M.V. Fishpool (West Hartlepool). – (12) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Edwards, Henry - S.S. Treverbyn (St Ives). - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Fowler, Ernest William - S.S. Brondholme - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Frederiksen, Askel - S.S. Soborg (Glasgow). – (5+7) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Hammill, Francis William - S.S. Fort Marin (Montreal). – (1) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Hansen, Svend - S.S. Soborg (Glasgow). – (4+7) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Hartley, Ernest Edward - M.V. Port Victor (London). - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Herskind, Borge - S.S. Soborg (Glasgow). – (6+7) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Hewitson, Arthur Pears - M.V. Lady Glanely (Cardiff). - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Holmes, Ernest George - S.S. Tunisia (Swansea). - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Holmes, Trevor Thomas - S.S. Tunisia (Swansea). - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Hortop, Robert Samuel - S.S. Baron Dechmont (Ardrossan). - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Howells, Llewellyn James - M.V. Tricula (London). - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Hunter, Andrew Albert John - S.S. Tyndall (London). – (13) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Jeavons, Stanley - A.D.C. 527 (of United Kingdom) – (10) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Jordan, James Henry - S.S. Jumna (London). - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Jorgensen, August - S.S. Soborg (Glasgow). – (3+7) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Kruse, H B - S.S. Soborg. – (7) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Lucey, Patrick Joseph - S.S. Westdale (Liverpool). – (15) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

MacDougall, Neil - S.S. Canford Chine (Swansea). - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

McLean, Alexander - S.S. Kellwyn (Swansea) - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Moseley, Charles - S.S. Ocean Crusader. - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Poole, Reginald Edward - M.V. Narrangsett (London). - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Pritchard, Edgar - S.S.Baltistan (London) - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Tong, George Peter - S.S. Empire Runner (Goole). – (2) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Warner, Frank Harold - S.S. Baron Nezulands (Ardrossan). - Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Yeoman, James - S.S. Lieut.Robert Mory (Belfast). – (9) Barry (Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground

Numbered listed seaman: recorded as the 14 Commonwealth War Graves in Merthyr Dyfan Cemetery, Barry dedicated to the Merchant Navy in the Second World War. Not a high number for a town that lost more Merchant Seamen proportionately than any other port.

www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=8cb55974-3a92-4b0a-98b9-5d40cb8dd0be&version=-1

1. Francis William Hammill. 2. George Peter Tong. 3. August Jorgensen. 4. Svend Hansen. 5. Askel Frederiksen. 6. Borge Herskind. 7. Danish Memorial Stone. 8. Herbert Leslie thingyinson. 9. James Yeoman. 10. Stanley Jeavons. 11. Percival Harry Bloodworth.12. Ernest Edmondson. 13. Andrew Albert John Hunter. 14. Patrick Joseph Coleman.15.Patrick Joseph Lucey.

7. Danish Memorial Stone: The names of all six are separately commemorated on grey granite memorial placed on the repatriated grave. It was unveiled by the Danish Ambassador, Count Eduard Reventlow in April 1948. The stone was funded by donations from the surviving crew, the Free Danish Movement in London and Danish seamen visiting South Wales.

(Merthyr Dyfan) Burial Ground: in MY ORIGINAL document highlighted in blue denotes a listing in the Barry MN Roll of Honour on the BMS web site:

www.barrymerchantseamen.org.uk

Further source of information: twgpp.org/results.php?start=80&fname=&sname=&cemetery=&country=94&force=6&nationality=

Let those who come after see to it that his name be not forgotten".

Some families and loved ones did bury those lost privately without Commemoration. 'Relatives Refused' war graves for many reasons including the delay involved with dealing with officialdom and a desire to lay to rest and eternal peace the person involved or simply for personal or religious reasons etc.

This would account for the many, country wide that are buried without a CWGC Headstone. Others in the case of the Merchant Navy simply did not meet the criteria set for Commemoration. Vast amounts have no known grave but the sea.

Families then apparently had the choice or erecting there own headstone which was known as a PM or Private memorial but in doing so forfeited the right to have it maintained by the Commonwealth War Grave Commission where they would have erected a CH (Commission Headstone). The CWGC , if contacted, may possibly erect a CH now if the family gave permission.'

We must remember all

BARRY (MERTHYR DYFAN) BURIAL GROUND, Glamorganshire.

The cemetery contains war graves of both world wars, the burials of the 1914-1918 War being in various parts of the cemetery. Burials of the 1939-1945 War, 23 of which are in a group in Section R in the north-western corner of the cemetery, and the remainder are to be found elsewhere. There is a man belonging to the National Fire Service, who was buried in the group of war graves. Among the 14 men of the Merchant Navy are four Danish seamen who, with two other Danes, lost their lives in April 1942 in an explosion in the British Merchant vessel S.S. Soborg of Glasgow, in which they were serving. They are buried in the group of war graves. The body of the fifth Danish member of the crew was originally buried here but was later repatriated. The sixth body was not recovered. The names of all six are commemorated on a grey granite memorial which was erected on the empty grave of the repatriated Dane by the Danish Government, and unveiled by the Danish Ambassador in April 1948. The four graves are marked by Commission headstones.

"Many a young seaman sailed from Barry, which in time was perceived to be the gateway to the world. Many sailed fairly safely outside of conflict and generally returned. Others have no known grave but the sea, Barry historically a Merchant sailors’ haven has at rest many that sail no more”.

"Wrap me up in my oil skin and blanket,
No more 'round the docks, I'll be seen,
Just tell me olde shipmates,
I'm takin a trip mates,
and I'll see ya some day in Fiddler's Green"