Email October 2006

Looking at your shipmates information I see there is a ships master of the "Athlone Castle" 1937 by the name of Barron.

This is my family name (Brian Barron). I was informed by my late father that he met a Commodore Barron, whether this was his rank I do not know, on the Capetown Castle when he was being transported to the Far East during the second world war around about 1943.

I am trying to do a family history and if you have any information relating to this, or where I can obtain it, I would be very appreciated

regards


Brian Barron

Picture from Salt in My Blood by George Young

Cmdre Albert Barron

“Bertie”

1937 - 1939

Service Record

From

To

Arab

3rd Officer

1897


Goth

3rd Officer

1899


Spartan

2nd Officer

1900


Cluny Castle

Chief Officer

1910


Garth Castle

Master

12/1916

4/1917

Susquehanna

Master

5/1917

6/1918

Grantully Castle

Master

11/1918

12/1918

York Castle

Master

4/1919

9/1919

Rosyth Castle

Master

11/1919

8/1921

Bampton Castle

Master

1/1922

8/1922

Bratton Castle

Master

9/1922

1/1923

Gascon

Master

3/1923

7/1923

Corfe Castle

Master

7/1923

12/1923

Gascon

Master

2/1924

5/1924

Grantully Castle

Master

5/1924

6/1924

Gloucester Castle

Master

6/1924

7/1924

Sandgate Castle

Master

8/1924

4/1925

Grantully Castle

Master

5/1925

9/1925

Gloucester Castle

Master

10/1925

1/1926

Garth Castle

Master

1/1926

2/1926

Guildford Castle

Master

3/1926

4/1926

Sandown Castle

Master

4/1926

7/1927

Grantully Castle

Master

9/1927

4/1928

Gloucester Castle

Master

4/1928

7/1928

Llandovery Castle

Master

7/1928


Durham Castle

Master

8/1928

6/1929

Balmoral Castle

Master

7/1929

9/1929

Llandovery Castle

Master

10/1929


Llangibby Castle

Master

12/1929

5/1930

Kenilworth Castle

Master

5/1930

11/1930

Walmer Castle

Master

11/1930

1/1931

Kenilworth Castle

Master

1/1931

8/1931

Balmoral Castle

Master

10/1931

10/1932

Edinburgh Castle

Master

11/1932

11/1933

Windsor Castle

Master

12/1933

3/1936

Athone Castle

Master

5/1936

1/1938

Capetown Castle

Master

4/1938

12/1938

Retired

1938


Died

25 September 1940

Killed on Fire Watch

Aged 66

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