Post by Administrator on Jun 11, 2013 23:36:53 GMT
Remembering the sacrifice of Barry's Merchant Seamen:
THE Merchant Navy during The Great War: Barry historian Dr Jonathan Hicks pays tribute to the Merchant Navy sailors who are remembered today...
DURING the First World War no fewer than 262 Barry men lost their lives whilst serving with the Merchant Navy. Whilst there is rightly a focus on the part that the Merchant Navy played in the defeat of Germany in the Second World War, the role that the service played from 1914-18 is often overlooked.
Some of their stories involving Barry men are told here:
LINK: www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/10034174.Remembering_the_sacrifice_of_Barry_s_Merchant_Seamen/
THE Merchant Navy during The Great War: Barry historian Dr Jonathan Hicks pays tribute to the Merchant Navy sailors who are remembered today...
DURING the First World War no fewer than 262 Barry men lost their lives whilst serving with the Merchant Navy. Whilst there is rightly a focus on the part that the Merchant Navy played in the defeat of Germany in the Second World War, the role that the service played from 1914-18 is often overlooked.
Some of their stories involving Barry men are told here:
LINK: www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/10034174.Remembering_the_sacrifice_of_Barry_s_Merchant_Seamen/