Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Gnr. James Henry New

British Army Maritime Regiment Royal Artillery

from:Dudley, Worcestershire

(d.9th February 1943)

James New was my uncle. He was one of 4 children. My mother being his older sister. He also had two younger brothers. After a difficult childhood he joined the Royal Artillery.

He was serving on the Convoy FS33 SS Pacific. In the early morning of 9th of February 1943 he was washed overboard from the SS Hoogkerk, a Dutch ship in the same convoy. His body was recovered and buried in Texel War Cemetery, Netherlands. He was 19 years old.



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