Remembering Today 26/9/40 Galley Boy:Bernard John Linsell,Merchant Navy S.S. Port Denison (London)

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    LINSELL, BERNARD JOHN
    Rank:
    Galley Boy
    Date of Death:
    26/09/1940
    Age:
    20
    Regiment/Service:
    Merchant Navy
    S.S. Port Denison (London)
    Grave Reference:
    Plot P. Row 3. Grave 11.
    Cemetery:
    LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
    Additional Information:
    Son of George Linsell, and of Florence Linsell, of Ilford, Essex.Casualty Details
     
  2. Peter Clare

    Peter Clare Very Senior Member

    Details of the above loss....

    26 September 1940

    Off Aberdeenshire, the cargo liner Port Dennison, London to New Zealand was attacked by German bombers and 16 of her crew died. The ship sank the next day.
     
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