Second World War - Merchant Navy - Swansea Men (B)

 

B

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Baker

Sidney

Fireman

At Sea

15th February 1941

41

Merchant Navy

S.S. Holystone

Newcastle-on-Tyne

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 57

Additional Information

Son of Albert and Margaret Baker, of Swansea

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Barry

Richard James

Second Radio Officer (Senior)

At Sea

29th July 1943

20

Merchant Navy

M.V. Cornish City

Bideford, Devon

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 32

Additional Information

Son of Richard and Annie Barry, of St. Thomas, Swansea

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Bastow

Jack

Storekeeper

At Sea

9th August 1942

26

Merchant Navy

M.V. San Emiliano

London

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 92

Additional Information

Son of John William and Alice Bastow, of Landore, Swansea; husband of W. Bastow, of Landore, Swansea

Marriage Information

March 1940, Swansea, Glamorgan  Wife – Winifred Harris

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Benson

John Samuel

Third Officer

At Sea

27th February 1941

30

Merchant Navy

S.S. Empire Tiger

London

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 46

Additional Information

Born Swansea; husband of Dorothy Benson, of Newport, Monmouthshire

Marriage Information

September 1936, Newport, Monmouthshire  Wife – Dorothy B. Gatehouse

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Bettel

Ernest Bennett

Cook

At Sea

2nd July 1941

49

Merchant Navy

S.S. Toronto City

Bristol

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 108

Additional Information

Born Swansea

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Bevan

George Edmund

Ordinary Seaman

At Sea

8th February 1941

20

Merchant Navy

S.S. Canford Chine

Swansea

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 23

Additional Information

 

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Bevan

William Edward

Assistant Steward

At Sea

18th March 1943

19

Merchant Navy

M.V. Canadian Star

London

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 23

Additional Information

Son of Frederick Charles and Louise Bevan of Swansea

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Beynon

James Frederick

Chief Steward

At Sea

14th April 1942

38

Merchant Navy

S.S. Empire Amethyst

Middlesbrough

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 38

Additional Information

Son of James Frederick and Elizabeth Ann Beynon, of Swansea

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Bidder

Albert Edward

Storekeeper

At Sea

28th December 1942

32

Merchant Navy

S.S. Empire Wagtail

London

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 47

Additional Information

Son of David John and Hannah Jane Bidder, of Swansea

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Blake

Alfred Herbert

Boiler Attendant

At Sea

16th September 1939

37

Merchant Navy

S.S. Aviemore

Liverpool  

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 12

Additional Information

Son of Alfred Herbert Blake, and of Annie Mary Blake, of Fforestfach, Swansea

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Blake

Herbert John

Chief Officer

At Sea

19th October 1943

30

Merchant Navy

S.S. Penolver

Falmouth, Cornwall

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 80

Additional Information

Born Swansea; husband of O. D. E. Blake, of Brislington, Bristol

Marriage Information

March 1940, Bristol, Gloucestershire Wife – Audrey D. E. Summons

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Bowen (DSC)

Walter Henry

Chief Engineer Officer

At Sea

2nd May 1941

65

Merchant Navy

S.S. Parracombe

London

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 79

Additional Information

 

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Branegan

Christopher

Able Seaman

United Kingdom

11th March 1946

66

Merchant Navy

S.S. Fort-La-Corne

London

Cemetery/Memorial

Danygraig Cemetery, St. Thomas, Swansea

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Section M. Grave 77

Headstone Inscription

At Rest

Additional Information

Son of William and Eleanor Branegan; husband of Mary Emily Branegan, of Mayhill, Swansea

Marriage Information

September 1929, Swansea, Glamorgan Wife – Mary E. Guy

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Brophy

Bernard

Fireman and Trimmer

At Sea

11th June 1941

34

Merchant Navy

S.S. Baron Carnegie

Ardrossan, Scotland

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 14

Additional Information

Son of William Brophy, and of M. Brophy, of Swansea

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Brophy

Patrick Walter

Able Seaman

At Sea

21st June 1943

22

Merchant Navy

S.S. Brinkburn

Sunderland

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 19

Additional Information

Son of Edward Brophy, and of Asenath Elsie Brophy, of Swansea

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Budd

John Austice

Third Officer

At Sea

5th December 1940

27

Merchant Navy

M.V. Silverpine

London

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 98

Additional Information

Son of William Archibald and Florence Eva Budd; husband of Gladys Budd, of Swansea

Marriage Information

September 1939, Hove, Sussex Wife – Gladys Vaughan

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Bullen

Alfred Verdun

Deck Hand

At Sea

25th February 1940

23

Merchant Navy

 

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 24

Additional Information

Son of John Robert and Alice Maud Bullen, of Swansea

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Burgess

Walter Harcourt

Skipper

At Sea

1st June 1940

34

Royal Naval Reserve

H.M. Trawler Stella Dorado

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Lowestoft Naval Memorial, Suffolk

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 1. Column 3

Additional Information

Son of William and Nellie M. Burgess; husband of Emmie Burgess, of Swansea

Marriage Information

December 1927, Swansea, Glamorgan Wife – Emma Stroud

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Burns

John

Boy

At Sea

27th February 1941

17

Merchant Navy

S.S. Empire Tiger

London

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 46

Additional Information

Born Swansea

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/Service

Ship/Vessel

Port of Registry

Byrne

Matthew Kevin

Sailor

At Sea

27th May 1940

29

Merchant Navy

S.S. Sheaf Mead

Newcastle-on-Tyne

Cemetery/Memorial

Tower Hill Memorial, London

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 95

Additional Information

Husband of May Byrne, of Swansea

Marriage Information

June 1933, Salford, Lancashire  Wife – May Tyghe

 

 

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