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The War Memorial of Able Seaman John Brew of S.S. Somme is located at the Tower Hill Memorial in London. John, born in New Zealand in 1907, who was the son of Denis and Margaret Brew, of Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand, died on 16 February 1942, aged 35. He has no known grave, but his name appears on column 99 of the memorial. He was also the brother of Denis Brew, who died from wounds received in battle at Ypres on 12 December 1917, and is buried at Menin Road South Military Cemetery in Belgium. |
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The memorial is situated on the south side of the garden at Trinity Square, across the road from the Tower of London. A tube station, "Tower Hill", lies below the memorial and several bus routes stop adjacent to it.
The Tower Hill Memorial commemorates the 36,000 men of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who died in both World Wars and who have no known grave.
John, who was also a Jockey, was always called "Jock" instead of John. He is related to Vickie Riceman of New Zealand.
Click on an image to see an enlarged version. Pictures 3-6 show the full list of the crew lost on S.S. Somme.
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© Photographs taken by Steve Brew, 26 August 2001