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Davey William Newman

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman

April 18, 1945

Military Service


Service Number:

R/290688

Age:

19

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

420 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of William and Eva Blanche Davey Newman, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 550 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

51. C. 9

Location:

Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres. In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Davey William Newman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– 23 April 1945 Ottawa Citizen
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Funeral on April 24, 1945– Newman was a gunner on board a Halifax bomber (NP946 "L") that was downed during a raid on the island of  Heligoland, 18 April, 1945.

All 7 of the aircrew perished, and the bodies of only 3 of these 7 were recovered.

Buried alongside F/Sgt. Newman in Brookwood Military Cemtery were fellow crewmen F/O Donald Fraser Ross and F/Sgt. George Franklin Montgomery.  They are buried in Plot 51, Row C, graves 7, 8 and 9. The remaining 4 members of the crew are commemorated on Runnymede Memorial.
  • Grave Marker
  • Funeral on April 24, 1945
  • Funeral on April 24, 1945
  • Funeral on April 24, 1945
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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