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Kyt · 19-02-2008, 05:59 PM

It appears that there were two casualties, bot of whom died after the sinking:

Name: FLETCHER, JOHN WILLIAM
Initials: J W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Cook
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: S.S. Barnby (Whitby)
Age: 29
Date of Death: 30/05/1941
Additional information: Son of Ralph Lynas Fletcher and Jane Elizebeth Fletcher; nephew of Mrs. M.J. Fletcher, of Whitby, Yorkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 13.
Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL

Name: MOORE, JAMES FRANCIS
Initials: J F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: S.S. Barnby (Whitby).
Age: 67
Date of Death: 09/06/1941
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: C37. 16.
Cemetery: REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY

Hugh, do you have any more information?

19-02-2008, 05:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kyt Άρης Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Terra something or other Posts: 5,662 You're Top Poster: #1 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	It appears that there were two casualties, bot of whom died after the sinking: Name: FLETCHER, JOHN WILLIAM Initials: J W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Cook Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy Unit Text: S.S. Barnby (Whitby) Age: 29 Date of Death: 30/05/1941 Additional information: Son of Ralph Lynas Fletcher and Jane Elizebeth Fletcher; nephew of Mrs. M.J. Fletcher, of Whitby, Yorkshire. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 13. Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL Name: MOORE, JAMES FRANCIS Initials: J F Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Able Seaman Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy Unit Text: S.S. Barnby (Whitby). Age: 67 Date of Death: 09/06/1941 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: C37. 16. Cemetery: REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY Hugh, do you have any more information? __________________ click me