Merchant Seaman Killed in WWII
BROWN, Gunner, JOHN FREDERICK. S.S. “Ocean Cruisader”
26th November 1942. Age 30.
Son of George Alfred and Selina Brown:husband of Dorothy Mary Brown of Port Talbot
Tower Hill Memorial - Panel 75
DARLINGTON, Steward, CYRIL NATHANIEL. S.S. Leopold II.
23rd December 1941. Age 16.
Son of Peter and Miriam Darlington of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial - Panel 64
DAVIES, Fireman and Trimmer, EDWIN RAPSEY. S.S. Frances Massey.
6th June 1940. Age 40.
Son of Thomas and Alice Davies; husband of Sarah Gwen Davies of Aberavon
Tower Hill Memorial - Panel 51
DAVIES, Sailor, HUBERT. S.S. Frances Massey
6th June 1940. Age 18.
Son of Thomas John and Polly Davies of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
DAVIES, Fireman and Trimmer, WILLIAM HENRY. S.S. Frances Massey
6th June 1940. Age 35
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
EDMUNDS, Fifth Engineer Officer, ERNEST DAVID. S.S. St. Elwyn
28th November 1940. Age 20.
Son of Harold and Alice Edmunds of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 90
EDMUNDS, Third Engineer Officer, Harold Howard. M.M. S.S. Frances Massey.
6th June 1940. Age 44.
Husband of Alice Edmunds of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
EVANS, Third Officer, HUBERT STANLEY. S.S. Empire Citizen
2nd February 1941. Age 24.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 39
EVANS, Ordinary Seaman, MARCUS RHYS. S.S. Dione II
4th February 1941. Age 24.
Son of Thomas and Olive Evans of Velindre, Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 35
HAINES, Galley Boy, THOMAS JOHN. S.S. Erna III.
20th September 1941. Age 22.
Son of Charles and Martha Ann Haines of Aberavon.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 48
HANSEN, Boatswain, HANS KRISTIAN. S.S. Bolbec
9th January 1943. Age 50.
Husband of Beatrice Hansen of Aberavon.
Southend-On-Sea (Sutton Road) Cemetery – Essex. Plot R Grave 12111
HICKS, Fireman and Trimmer, GEORGE CHARLES. S.S. Brandenburg
10th February 1941. Age 25.
Son of George Victor and Margaret Ellen Hicks; husband of Vera Hicks.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 18
JONES, Master, THOMAS JAMES. S.S. Gazcon.
2nd September 1942. Age 61.
Husband of Eleanor Jones of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
JONES, Apprentice, WALTER EDWARD PRYCE. S.S. Llandilo
2nd November 1942. Age 19.
Son of Reginald Thomas Pryce Jones and Violet Edith Pryce Jones of Port Talbot.
Tower hill memorial – Panel 65
LEWIS, Ordinary Seaman, ALBERT JOHN. S.S. Frances Massey
6th June 1940. Age 15.
Son of William Arthur and Mary Lizzie Lewis of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
LEWIS, Second Radio Officer, BRYN M.V. Bonneville
10th March 1943 Age 20
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 17
LLOYD, Fireman, HERBERT. S.S. Boston.
25th September, 1942. Age 37.
Son of David John Lloyd and Margaret Lloyd; husband of Julia Gwendoline Lloyd.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 18
LUKER, Second Radio officer, ALBERT GLYN. S.S. Ocean Courage.
15th January 1943. Age 19.
Son of Albert and Gwen Luker of Port Talbot
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 75
McCARTHY, Galley Boy, HERBERT. S.S. Frances Massey
6th June 1940. Age 19.
Son of William Henry and Jennet McCarthy of Port Talbot
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
McCarthy, Fireman and Trimmer, TIMOTHY. S.S. Fort Rae.
24th April 1945. Age 48.
Son of Dennis and Catherine McCarthy of Aberavon.
Aberavon (St. Mary) Churchyard. Row 15. Left side. Grave 9
McDERMOTT, Fireman and Trimmer, ROBERT JOHN. S.S. Frances Massey
6th June 1940. Age 32
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
McMULLINS, Carpenter, IVOR WILLIAM. S.S. Frances Massey
6th June 1940. Age 25
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
MILES, Boatswain, EDWARD. S.S. Andalucia Star.
29th January 1945. Age 38.
Son of Albert and Annie Gregory of Port Talbot.
Port Talbot (Goytre) Cemetery. Plot 8. Row J. Grave 1
MOORE, Third Radio Officer, CHARLES HAROLD. S.S. Saugor.
27th August 1941. Age 18.
Son of William Andrew and Irene Stella Moore of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 93
MOORMAN, Able seaman, CYRIL. S.S. Harbury
4th May 1943. Age 22.
Husband of Dorothy Moorman of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 55.
NEWCOMBE, Third Radio Officer, KENNETH GEORGE. S.S. Ville de Tamatave
23rd January 1943. Age 18.
Son of G.H. and Edith Newcombe of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 115
O’NEILL, Apprentice (Supy) TERENCE. Lost in S.S. Pretoria
3rd March 1943. Age 21.
Son of Patrick and Catherine O’Neill of Port Talbot
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 30
PALMER, Boatswain, WILLIAM JOSEPH, BEM. 5th May 1943
Lost in S.S. North Britain which was torpeoed by U707 while in convoy ONS5 bound for USA
Home address 83, Pendarvis Terrace, Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Monument - Panel 74
PIPER, Assistant Steward, GEORGE FREDERICK. S.S. Matina
24th October 1940. Age 27.
Husband of Iris Piper of Taibach, Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 69
POLLARD, Chief Engineer Officer, CHARLES. O.B.E. M.V. San Demetrio
10th September 1946. Age 50.
Son of Harry and Mary Pollard; husband of Catherine Ann Pollard of Port Talbot.
Awarded Lloyd’s Medal for bravery at sea.
Port Talbot (Holy Cross) Churchyard. Mountain side. Row 17. Grave 19.
POWELL, Radio Officer, JOHN EDWARD HENRY. S.S. Mervyn
1st November 1939. Age 31.
Son of George William and Ada Powell; husband of Emily Powell of Port Talbot.
Holyhead (Marshyfryd)Burial Board Cenetery – Anglesey. Sec 1. Grave 200.
RADFORD, Greaser, DENNIS JOHN. S.S. Empire Tiger.
27th February 1941. Age 35.
Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Radford; husband of Sophia Radford of Aberavon.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 46
SEBURY, Sailor, JOHN HENRY. M.V. Empire Gem (Glasgow)
24th January 1942. Aged 20
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 41
TAYLOR, Fireman and Trimmer, ROBERT FRANCE. S.S. Frances Massey
6th June 1940. Age 23
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
WILLIAMS, Fireman and Trimmer, DAVID LESLIE. S.S. Carlier
11th November 1943. Age 30.
Son of Mr and Mrs Pryce Williams; husband of M. Williams of Aberavon.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 23
26th November 1942. Age 30.
Son of George Alfred and Selina Brown:husband of Dorothy Mary Brown of Port Talbot
Tower Hill Memorial - Panel 75
DARLINGTON, Steward, CYRIL NATHANIEL. S.S. Leopold II.
23rd December 1941. Age 16.
Son of Peter and Miriam Darlington of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial - Panel 64
DAVIES, Fireman and Trimmer, EDWIN RAPSEY. S.S. Frances Massey.
6th June 1940. Age 40.
Son of Thomas and Alice Davies; husband of Sarah Gwen Davies of Aberavon
Tower Hill Memorial - Panel 51
DAVIES, Sailor, HUBERT. S.S. Frances Massey
6th June 1940. Age 18.
Son of Thomas John and Polly Davies of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
DAVIES, Fireman and Trimmer, WILLIAM HENRY. S.S. Frances Massey
6th June 1940. Age 35
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
EDMUNDS, Fifth Engineer Officer, ERNEST DAVID. S.S. St. Elwyn
28th November 1940. Age 20.
Son of Harold and Alice Edmunds of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 90
EDMUNDS, Third Engineer Officer, Harold Howard. M.M. S.S. Frances Massey.
6th June 1940. Age 44.
Husband of Alice Edmunds of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
EVANS, Third Officer, HUBERT STANLEY. S.S. Empire Citizen
2nd February 1941. Age 24.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 39
EVANS, Ordinary Seaman, MARCUS RHYS. S.S. Dione II
4th February 1941. Age 24.
Son of Thomas and Olive Evans of Velindre, Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 35
HAINES, Galley Boy, THOMAS JOHN. S.S. Erna III.
20th September 1941. Age 22.
Son of Charles and Martha Ann Haines of Aberavon.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 48
HANSEN, Boatswain, HANS KRISTIAN. S.S. Bolbec
9th January 1943. Age 50.
Husband of Beatrice Hansen of Aberavon.
Southend-On-Sea (Sutton Road) Cemetery – Essex. Plot R Grave 12111
HICKS, Fireman and Trimmer, GEORGE CHARLES. S.S. Brandenburg
10th February 1941. Age 25.
Son of George Victor and Margaret Ellen Hicks; husband of Vera Hicks.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 18
JONES, Master, THOMAS JAMES. S.S. Gazcon.
2nd September 1942. Age 61.
Husband of Eleanor Jones of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
JONES, Apprentice, WALTER EDWARD PRYCE. S.S. Llandilo
2nd November 1942. Age 19.
Son of Reginald Thomas Pryce Jones and Violet Edith Pryce Jones of Port Talbot.
Tower hill memorial – Panel 65
LEWIS, Ordinary Seaman, ALBERT JOHN. S.S. Frances Massey
6th June 1940. Age 15.
Son of William Arthur and Mary Lizzie Lewis of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
LEWIS, Second Radio Officer, BRYN M.V. Bonneville
10th March 1943 Age 20
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 17
LLOYD, Fireman, HERBERT. S.S. Boston.
25th September, 1942. Age 37.
Son of David John Lloyd and Margaret Lloyd; husband of Julia Gwendoline Lloyd.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 18
LUKER, Second Radio officer, ALBERT GLYN. S.S. Ocean Courage.
15th January 1943. Age 19.
Son of Albert and Gwen Luker of Port Talbot
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 75
McCARTHY, Galley Boy, HERBERT. S.S. Frances Massey
6th June 1940. Age 19.
Son of William Henry and Jennet McCarthy of Port Talbot
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
McCarthy, Fireman and Trimmer, TIMOTHY. S.S. Fort Rae.
24th April 1945. Age 48.
Son of Dennis and Catherine McCarthy of Aberavon.
Aberavon (St. Mary) Churchyard. Row 15. Left side. Grave 9
McDERMOTT, Fireman and Trimmer, ROBERT JOHN. S.S. Frances Massey
6th June 1940. Age 32
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
McMULLINS, Carpenter, IVOR WILLIAM. S.S. Frances Massey
6th June 1940. Age 25
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
MILES, Boatswain, EDWARD. S.S. Andalucia Star.
29th January 1945. Age 38.
Son of Albert and Annie Gregory of Port Talbot.
Port Talbot (Goytre) Cemetery. Plot 8. Row J. Grave 1
MOORE, Third Radio Officer, CHARLES HAROLD. S.S. Saugor.
27th August 1941. Age 18.
Son of William Andrew and Irene Stella Moore of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 93
MOORMAN, Able seaman, CYRIL. S.S. Harbury
4th May 1943. Age 22.
Husband of Dorothy Moorman of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 55.
NEWCOMBE, Third Radio Officer, KENNETH GEORGE. S.S. Ville de Tamatave
23rd January 1943. Age 18.
Son of G.H. and Edith Newcombe of Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 115
O’NEILL, Apprentice (Supy) TERENCE. Lost in S.S. Pretoria
3rd March 1943. Age 21.
Son of Patrick and Catherine O’Neill of Port Talbot
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 30
PALMER, Boatswain, WILLIAM JOSEPH, BEM. 5th May 1943
Lost in S.S. North Britain which was torpeoed by U707 while in convoy ONS5 bound for USA
Home address 83, Pendarvis Terrace, Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Monument - Panel 74
PIPER, Assistant Steward, GEORGE FREDERICK. S.S. Matina
24th October 1940. Age 27.
Husband of Iris Piper of Taibach, Port Talbot.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 69
POLLARD, Chief Engineer Officer, CHARLES. O.B.E. M.V. San Demetrio
10th September 1946. Age 50.
Son of Harry and Mary Pollard; husband of Catherine Ann Pollard of Port Talbot.
Awarded Lloyd’s Medal for bravery at sea.
Port Talbot (Holy Cross) Churchyard. Mountain side. Row 17. Grave 19.
POWELL, Radio Officer, JOHN EDWARD HENRY. S.S. Mervyn
1st November 1939. Age 31.
Son of George William and Ada Powell; husband of Emily Powell of Port Talbot.
Holyhead (Marshyfryd)Burial Board Cenetery – Anglesey. Sec 1. Grave 200.
RADFORD, Greaser, DENNIS JOHN. S.S. Empire Tiger.
27th February 1941. Age 35.
Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Radford; husband of Sophia Radford of Aberavon.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 46
SEBURY, Sailor, JOHN HENRY. M.V. Empire Gem (Glasgow)
24th January 1942. Aged 20
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 41
TAYLOR, Fireman and Trimmer, ROBERT FRANCE. S.S. Frances Massey
6th June 1940. Age 23
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 51
WILLIAMS, Fireman and Trimmer, DAVID LESLIE. S.S. Carlier
11th November 1943. Age 30.
Son of Mr and Mrs Pryce Williams; husband of M. Williams of Aberavon.
Tower Hill Memorial – Panel 23