Newport, Pontypool teenage war dead remembered in new book
Newport war dead BARNES, Galley Boy, KENNETH JOHN, S.S. Koranton (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Merchant Navy. 28th March 1941. Age 15. Son of John Henry Barnes, and of Florence May Barnes, of Newport, Monmouthshire. Kenneth John Barnes ( above) was a galley boy on the SS Koranton (Newcastle-on-Tyne). The son of John Henry and Florence May Barnes, he died aged 15 on March 28, 1941. Robert Edwin Brimble was an ordinary seaman on the SS Treverbyn (St Ives). The son of William and Alice Brimble, he died on October 21 1941 aged 15. Ronald Arthur William Hall was an ordinary seaman on the SS Woodtown (L...
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