POINTER, Aubrey

St. James's Cemetery, Dover UKCredit: CWGC

Able Seaman
HMS Boreas - B Class Destroyer
Royal Navy

Aubrey was born 1919 in Newport to Frederick Albert & Hilda Florence (nee LANE) POINTER of Newport.

On the 25th of July 1940, Boreas engaged German E-boats off Dover Harbour together with HMS Brilliant & was badly damaged by German Ju. 87 Stuka dive bombers after she was ordered to withdraw. Her bridge was hit twice by bombs that killed 1 officer & 20 crewmen. Aubrey, aged 21, was one of those Killed in Action. His body was brought ashore & is buried at St. James's Cemetery in Dover UK beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription: “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS”.

Aubrey is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.