Cwrt Hortop, Main Street, Cadoxton, Barry
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Cwrt Hortop, Main Street, Cadoxton, Barry
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 28 Feb 2013
Built in 2010, Cwrt Hortop is a Newydd Housing Association development on the south side of Main Street, Cadoxton. It was named after the late Fred Hortop, who was a depth charge operator on the destroyer HMS Hesperus in the Second World War. After the war, he spent more than five years compiling a detailed roll of honour in memory of the merchant seamen of Barry who died during the two world wars. During both wars the British Merchant Service suffered heavy losses from German U-boat attacks. London's Imperial War Museum has recognised the Barry Merchant Navy Roll of Honour in the UK National Inventory of War Memorials, largely because of the efforts of Fred's brother George to get it national recognition. Fred Hortop died in 2006.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.41356
Longitude
-3.255114