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Newport's War Dead formerly Newport, Monmouthshire, UK
Young Service Casualties
Additional information below from the Commonwealth War graves Commission website Newport's Roll of Honour Click on the letters below for other surnames ____________________________ Click the buttons below for specific information about various categories.
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O'Shea, Richard, 14, 6th May 1917, Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Alfalfa", Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O'Shea, of 4, Trinity Place, Newport, Mon., TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Steed, Raymond Victor, 14, 26th April 1943, Merchant Navy, S.S. "Empire Morn", Galley Boy, youngest killed in service during world war two, 20 Christchurch Road, Newport, Mon., Wilfred and Olive Steed (nee Bright), BEN M'SIK EUROPEAN CEMETERY, Plot 59A. Row 1. Grave 1. Local memorial - Grandparents grave in Bettws church graveyard.
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Summers,
Thomas William, 14, 17th June 1917, Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Don
Arturo", Assistant Steward, Son of William and Elizabeth Summers (nee
Baslam), of 3, Providence Place, Newport, Mon., TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Barnes, Kenneth John, 15, 28th March 1941, Merchant Navy, S.S. Koranton, Galley Boy, John Henry Barnes Florence May Barnes, of Newport, Mon., TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, Panel 62.
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Robert Edwin, 15, 21st October 1941, Merchant Navy, S.S. Treverbyn,
Son of William and Alice Brimble, of Newport, Mon., TOWER HILL MEMORIAL,
Panel 111.
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William James, 15, 17th June 1917, Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Don
Arturo", Assistant Cook, Son of Annie Hensley, of 5, Brad St., Newport,
Mon., TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Wyatt, Wilfred Sydney, 15, 26th February 1918, Mercantile Marine, Hospital ship "Glenart Castle", Fireman Steward, Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Wyatt, of 73, Stockton Rd., Newport, Mon., TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Williams, Albert Ronald, 15, 25th February 1940, Merchant Navy, S.S. Castlemoor, Galley Boy, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Samuel Williams, of Newport, Mon., TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, Panel 24.
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John Mearns, 16, 22nd January 1917, Mercantile Marine, S.S.
"Linwood", Mess Room Steward, Son of George Grieve, of 3, Kirby St.,
Newport, Mon., and the late Isabella Cruickshank Grieve (nee Mearns).,
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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| Bennett,
James, 16, 20th May 1941, Merchant Navy, M.V. Darlington
Court, Deck Boy, Son of George H. Bennett, and of Edith Bennett, of New
Tredegar, Mon., TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, Panel 34.
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Ronald Arthur William, 16, 15th November 1939, Merchant
Navy, S.S. Woodtown, TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, Panel 120
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Frederick Redvers, 16, 12th March 1917,Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Tandil",
Cabin Boy, Son of Robert Daniel and Mary Elizabeth Pocock, of 52, Canal
Parade, Newport, Mon., TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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William Thomas, 17, 2nd December 1940, Merchant Navy,
S.S. Victoria City, Apprentice, Son of Thomas and Ivy Bennett, of Barry
Dock, Glamorgan, TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, Panel 114.
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Ernest Albert, 17, 1st October 1917, Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Mersario",
Ordinary Seaman, Son of Sidney Arthur and Rose Blythe, of 54, Archibald
St., Newport, Mon., TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Percy Reginald, 17, 8th August 1915, "C" Coy. 3rd Bn. South Wales
Borderers, 19598, Private, Son of John and Ellen Bransfield, of 5, Mansel
St., Newport, Mon., NEWPORT (ST. WOOLOS) CEMETERY, 17 "U." 50.
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Augustine Joseph, 17, 12th October 1916, "C" Coy. 1st Bn
Monmouthshire Regiment, 3123, Rifleman, Son of Mrs. K. A. Jones (formerly
Burke), of 20, Rose St., Queen's Hill, Newport, Mon., and the late Robert
Burke, FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, I. K. 14
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Clemes, Norman Terence, 17, 27th February 1942, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Jupiter, D/JX 177473, Boy 1st Class, Son of Alfred Donald and Elizabeth Alice Clemes, of Malpas, Mon., PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 67. Column 3.
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Arthur, 17, 17th January 1918, Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Windsor
Hall", Apprentice, Son of Thomas Henry Cox, of 7, Grafton Rd., Newport,
Mon., and the late Elizabeth Cox (nee Trigg), TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Victor Charles, 17, 6th May 1917, Mercantile Marine, S.S.
"Alfalfa", Mess Room Steward, Son of Charles Ernest and Susannah Cox, of
Pleasant View, Penylan Park, Newport, Mon., TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Denning, Jack Vivian, 17, Merchant Navy, S.S. Port Hunter, TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, Panel 83.
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Duggan, Reginald Arthur, 17, Merchant Navy, S.S. Koranton, Mess Room Boy, Son of Reginald Samuel and Evelyn Sylvia Duggan, of Newport, Mon., TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, Panel 62.
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Fitzgerald, Patrick Richard, 17, 8th June 1940, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Glorious, D/JX 160532, Boy, Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Fitzgerald, of Newport, Mon., PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 39, Column 2.
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Arthur James, 17, 5th March 1943, Merchant Navy, S.S. Fidra, Galley
Boy, Son of Arthur James Houghton and Olive I. Houghton, of Newport, Mon.,
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, Panel 49
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William Arthur, 17, 7th July 1916, 16th Bn. South Wales
Borderers, 40710, Private, Son of Mrs. Mary Jane Phillips, of 85, Dock
St., Newport, Mon., THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Pier and Face 7 A and 10 A
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William John Clifford, 17, 14th January 1942, Merchant Navy, S.S.
Caledonian Monarch, Assistant Steward, Son of Thomas and Mary Ellen
Stewart, of Newport, Mon., TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, Panel 22
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| Tobin,
Albert Thomas, 17, 6th February 1917, Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Azul",
Ordinary Seaman, Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jane Tobin, of 11, Corelli
St., Newport, Mon., TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Edwin Boradale, 17, 22nd January 1917, Mercantile
Marine, S.S. "Linwood", Ordinary Seaman, Son of Edwin George Herbert and
Jessie Watkins (nee Jones), of 3, Charlotte St., Newport, Mon., TOWER HILL
MEMORIAL
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