Geoffrey Berney

Supply Assistant Geoffrey J. David Berney was an English sailor of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve who died during the Second World War.
He was born in 1921, in Portsmouth, the son of Maurice Rupert and Lily Berney (née Herman). Before joining the navy, Berney attended Aria College, which trained Jews for life in the Orthodox ministry.
Aged 20, Berney died on 25 November 1941, when the German U-boat U-331 torpedoed the battleship HMS Barham in the Mediterranean. She sank with the loss of 841 of the 1,184 crew. To commemorate Berney's death, his home town's Jewish community installed new windows in the Portsmouth and Southsea Synagogue.Portsmouth Synagogue, jackwhite.net. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
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==References==
*Berney, Geoffrey David, cwgc.org. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
Category:1921 births
Category:1941 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Category:Supply Assistants