Newport's War Dead
formerly Newport, Monmouthshire, UK
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Local memorial - St Julian's High School
Said, Abdulla, Merchant Navy, WW2
Local memorial - St. Julian's Methodist church
Local memorial - St Mary's RC church
Local memorial - All Saint's Church, Brynglas and St. John the Baptist church
Local memorial - Parents grave at St Woolos cemetery
Buried in grave of "unidentified"
Local memorial - Christchurch cemetery and site of Gaerwood House in Woodland Park
Local memorial - St. John the Baptist church
Local memorial - Orb Steelworks
The photo's below have been sent to me by the son of Charles Sellick also named Charles of the memorial in the MEDJEZ-EL-BAB memorial cemetery,Tunisia to his dad.
Selwood, William Henry, 39. 1st January 1919, From information received I am told that this gentleman was suffering from "shell shock" from his experiences in World War One and subsequently died in a local mental institution. For that reason I consider him to be one of "Newport's War Dead", Attached below is the Medical Board's assessment that he is totally unfit for duty attributed to service. CHRISTCHURCH CEMETERY, NEWPORT, MON.
Local memorial - St Mary's RC Church
Local memorial - General Post Office, Newport
Local memorial - St Marks church
Local memorial - Lysaght's (Orb) Steelworks
Local memorial - All Saint's Church, Brynglas and St Mary's and St Michaels RC churches
Local memorial - Christchurch War Memorial and Lysaght's (Orb) Steelworks
Simpson, Leslie H J, Royal Air Force, WO., WW2
Sims, Zachariah Verdun, 25, 5th August 1941, 453 Bty., 68 (1st Rifle Bn. The Monmouthshire Regt.) Searchlight Regt. Royal Artillery, 3908282, Gunner, husband of Rose Sims of Newport, Mon., NEWPORT (ST. WOOLOS) CEMETERY, Block 82. Grave 115.
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Local memorial - St Michael's church
Local memorial - St Michael's RC church
Local memorial - St Mary's and St Michael's RC churches
Local memorial - All Saint's Church, Brynglas
Cause Of Death: Killed in action
Service History: Enlisted 2/6/15 ; Draft for MEF (Bomber) 5/12/15, joined Nelson Bn. 9/1/16-13/11/16 SW Forehead, rejoined Nelson Bn. 5/1/17-23/1/17 Trench Foot, Invalided to UK 5/2/17 ; Draft for BEF 4/6/17, joined Nelson Bn. 1/7/17-12/8/17 DD.
Notes: Nelson Bn. War Diary 12/8/17 states:- "Day quiet. Artillery barrage opened for 5 mins on CHARLES ST. & CADORNA at 4.50am. Two Other Ranks of 'C' Company killed." ; A Labourer ; b.27/2/1897 ; Next-of-Kin & home address: Mother, Martha, 54 Henry St., Newport, Monmouth.
Cause Of Death: Missing, later reported killed in action
Service History: Enlisted 25/1/15 ; Draft for BEF 21/11/16, joined Hawke Bn. 14/12/16-4/2/17 DD.
Notes: Bugler 21/5/15 ; Reported buried by the Revd. T.H. Davies, attached 190th Brigade ; A Lamp Porter ; b.26/6/1897 ; Next-of-Kin & home address: Mother, Mrs. Annie Trembath, 19 Evans St., Shaftesbury Place, Newport, Mon.
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Local memorial - St Marks church and St. John the Baptist church
Local memorial - Christchurch War Memorial
Photo: 1st Bn Mons web site
Local memorial - St Julian's High School, St Marks church and Malpas Road Evangelical church
Local memorial - Grandparents grave in Bettws church graveyard.
Photo's above courtesy of Mr Billy McGee, the Rev. Canon Henry Davies and Shaun McGuire
Information: By kind permission of Mr Billy McGee from his book "They Shall Grow Not Old"
Raymond Steed was born Monday, 1st October 198 at 2 Kimbely Terrace, Malpas, St Mellons Road and was at the time youngest recorded service death of WWII who died aged 14 years & 207 days.
Raymond’s official service record (CRS10) shows he joined the Merchant Navy Reserve Pool (MNRP) 29th December 1942, just two months after his 14th birthday, joining his first ship as a Stewards boy at Newport the same day. The ship being the former Royal Mail Line, 15,629grt., SS Atlantis which had been converted into a Hospital Ship in 1939. He left this ship 13th March 1943. After taking his leave Raymond joined the Empire Morn at Newport on 4th April 1943.
Catapult Aircraft Merchant Ship, Empire Morn, 7,092grt. (MOWT, Headlam & Son-Whitby) had loaded with a cargo of naval, military and RAF equipment for Casablanca & Gibraltar left Milford Haven sailing to the Barry Roads anchorage while waiting to join up with the combined 69 ship convoy OS-46/KMS-13 which sailed from Liverpool on 15th April 1943.
On 24th April the convoy split into two and continued to their individual ports of call. On the evening of Monday 26th April at 9.45pm an explosion rocks the ship followed by a secondary explosion in the ships magazine seriously damaging the stern of the ship and blowing out a greater portion of the crew accommodation. At 10.05pm the captain decides to temporarily abandon ship until daybreak to assess the situation further. A thorough search and head count reveals twenty-one men are missing before the ships lifeboats are launched. The following morning at 5.30am the ships Captain, all his Officers and three crew members, re-board the ship and assisted in working the vessel into Casablanca with the assistance of the salvage tug USN Cherokee.
On 28th April at 2.30pm during a further search through the wreckage of the crew accommodation, the remains of of two crew members were found and extricated and immediately recognised as that of Raymond Steed and John W Gardner, an 18year old Ordinary Seaman. Identity papers found on both the bodies confirmed without doubt who they were and it has was stated that both men had been killed instantly in the explosion. The remains of the other nineteen killed were never found either being blown over board or incinerated. On 29th April 1943 at 2.00pm the bodies on Raymond and John were laid to rest at the Ben M’Sik Cemetery about six kilometres from Casablanca town centre which lies between the main road to Marrakech and the road known as Oulad Zianc. Present at the service was the Captain, all Officers and surviving crew who could be spared from duty.
German records show that the Empire Morn had detonated a mine laid earlier on 10th April 1943 off Casablanca by U-117
Local memorial - Plaque, St Mary's church, Malpas and Malpas and WW1 memorial Malpas Community Centre
Local memorial - Havelock Street Presbytarian church
Local memorial - St Marks church and entry in the Newport High School prefects register
Local Memorial - Summerhill Baptist Church
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Local memorial - St Mary's RC church#
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Local memorial - All Saint's Church, Brynglas and St Mary's RC church
Information: Mr Billy McGee
© Shaun McGuire 2008