We must not forget those of the Commonwealth and Polish airmen, they fought for freedom against the enemy and didn’t flinch

For our freedom and yours / Za wolnosc nasza i wasza

Time to emphasized the Heroism, Bravery, Valour and Determination for our Freedom

We must not forget the Polish Airman and the Commonwealth they fought for freedom against the enemy and didn’t flinch. They fought to the end and then carried on the fight, we should be grateful. We certainly owe them a great deal of credit that they so rightly deserve.

Newark Cemetery, London Road, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire NG24 1SQ

Our beautiful and historic Newark Cemetery, London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire open all year round Summer 8am-8pm, Winter 8am-6pm for over 150 years since 1856.

The Friends of Newark Cemetery Newark Family History Day on Saturday 14th April 2012 From 10am Until 4pm

The Chapel  Interpretation Centre, at Newark Cemetery, will  re-open from 10-4pm by holding a Newark Family History Day on Saturday 14th April 2012. Historical research day on families/casualties both in Newark Cemetery. We will have data links that will enable IT kit to be connected into Newark Cemetery own Central records system and obviously the internet as well. We are grateful that Newark Town Council will provide staff to man their records system. We are also have family research specialists to be on hand to offer assistance to members of the public. Malcolm Ross from The Commonwealth War Graves Commission {CWGC} will also attend with links into their own data base.

Newark Family History Day
Saturday, April 14 2012
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Come and see what you will find
At the recently refurbished Interpretation Centre at Newark Cemetery.
We will have volunteers on site from the
Local Family History Society
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Friends of Newark Cemetery,
Also we will provide help
In finding a specific grave location and are
Offering a general tour of the Cemetery.
A highlight within the Centre Will be a
Display of over 150 Photographs from the Newark & Balderton Memorial to the Fallen Photo Project from the First world war by Pete Stevens.
Also a Photo and the medals awarded to Newark’s only Victoria Cross Recipient.

Refreshments available.
Admission is Free

Chapel Interpretation Centre,
Newark Cemetery.
Organised by the Friends of Newark Cemetery

AGM and meeting 4th April 2012
will start at 5:45pm until 7pm finish.

The Chapel  Interpretation Centre, at Newark Cemetery, will  also open every 2nd Saturday from April-October from 10am-4pm or by appointment for groups on Monday and Tuesday and weekends. Please give plenty of notice.
Will also open on Sunday 30th September for the Annual Airbridge from 12 noon
Annual All Souls 28th October from 12 noon

New volunteers are most welcome and can be put on a rota.

For more information

Laurence Goff
Chairman
Friends of Newark Cemetery

Newark Town Hall/Market Place
Newark-on-Trent NG24 1DU

01636-681878 (home)

Location of Cemetery Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire NG24 1SQ    www.maps.google.co.uk

Newark Cemetery is open all year round  October – March 8am – 6pm

Spring – Summer  April – September 8am – 8pm

We will Remember them, RIP

Memorial to the Fallen at Newark Cemetery

On 28th April 2007, Richard Todd OBE, officially unveiled the Memorial to the Fallen in Newark Cemetery on London Road.

Memorial to the Fallen of Newark commemorating those military personnel who lost their lives in conflict since 1914

First World War 1914-1918 total from Newark Killed  456

Second World War 1939-1945 total from Newark killed 144

One from West Africa 1961 total killed 1

One from Malaya 1962 total killed 1

One from Afghanistan 2007 total killed 1

Total 603

We will Remember them, RIP

A LASTING tribute to mark the ultimate sacrifice made by Newark’s fallen heroes has been officially unveiled 2007

Memorial to the Fallen of 603 Newark residents that have lost their lives in conflict since 1914 to the present day. Located at Newark Cemetery,  Main Gate, London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Memorial to the Fallen

Newark-On-Trent

On 28th April 2007, Richard Todd OBE, officially unveiled the Memorial to the Fallen in Newark Cemetery on London Road. Around 200 VIP guests plus Newark’s general public attended a Service which started with a fly-past of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Lancaster Bomber. First World War 1914-1918 total from Newark Killed  456 

Second World War 1939-1945 total from Newark killed 144
One from West Africa 1961 total killed 1
One from Malaya 1962 total killed 1
One from Afghanistan 2007 total killed 1
Total 603

We will Remember them, RIP

Remembering the many Polish Airmen that were flying  with the Royal

Air Force, and The Commonwealth from RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF during

the Battle of Britain

   

 

All Souls is held each year from the Main Gate on London Road with a parade at 3pm to the Commonwealth and Polish war graves at Newark Cemetery on the last Sunday in October.

Lasting Tribute Time to emphasized the heroism, bravery, valour and determination for freedom. Lest We Forget.Time to emphasized the heroism, bravery, valour and determination for our freedom.  Let’s pay tribute to these brave fighters for their contribution.

Let’s pay our tribute to these brave fighters for their contribution

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them

Our  Lasting Tribute

Time to emphasized the heroism, bravery, valour and determination for freedom. Lest We Forget.Time to emphasized the heroism, bravery, valour and determination for our freedom. Lest We Forget, Britain honoured its war dead.

Tribute to British Commonwealth and Polish Sacrifice that are buried at Newark Cemetery during the 2nd war world

Air Bridge Memorial  Service At Newark Cemetery in Nottinghamshire

This being held each year on the last Sunday in September, the parade leaves from the Main Gate on London Road at 1:45pm . Let’s remember those who died during the Air Bridge Operations when Britain and the Commonwealth forces answered a plea for help from the Polish Government in Exile to drop supplies to the Polish secret army which was striking back against the enemy in 1944. 

Annual Airmen honoured the service remembers at Newark Cemetery on the last Sunday in September at 2pm. Let’s remember those who died during the Airbridge Operations when Britain and the Commonwealth forces answered a plea for help from the Polish Government in Exile to drop supplies to the Polish secret army which was striking back against the enemy.

Air Bridge Sunday 30th September 2012 { held on the last Sunday each year in September} from the Main Gate  on London Road at 2pm.

This event is held at Newark Cemetery, at a special memorial near to the Polish War Graves, organised by Newark Town Council.  The service remembers the 250 airmen who lost their lives during the Air Bridge operations, which helped the Warsaw uprising in 1944. People from Poland and all over the country attend and wreaths are laid.

For our freedom and yours / Za wolnosc nasza i wasza

All Souls is held at Commonwealth and Polish war graves at Newark Cemetery on the last Sunday in October  each years. The parade starts from the Main Gate located on London Road at 3pm. 

Memorial At Newark Cemetery in Nottinghamshire

Inscription

(ON PLINTH) ZA WOLNOSC – FOR FREEDOM 1940 – 1945/
(ON FRONT OF CROSS) TO THE MEMORY OF FALLEN POLISH AIRMEN/ I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD

 FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE,

I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH

Physical Description

THESE VERY TALL LATIN CROSS, DECORATED WITH 12 CROSS AND POLISH EAGLE DEVICES ON THE FRONT FACE. ON TWO STAGE PLINTH

There are over 400 hundred graves of Polish airmen who perished during the 2nd World War, 1946 and 1947. These graves are under the care of the (CWGC) The Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It was from Newark cemetery that  General Sikorski, Poland’s Prime Minister and Commander in Chief of the Polish Forces unveiled this principal Memorial on 15th July 1941 together with President Raczkiewicz, ex President of the Polish Republic and head of the war-time Polish Government in London. Over 400  airmen of the Polish Air Force in Britain that died during the 2nd World War and are to be found in Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire England. Immediately  next to the Cross was the former grave of General Sikorski from 1943.

Link and Title of pages by Laurence Goff on Newark Cemetery UK Website
Home page
General Wladyslaw Sikorski, Prime Minister of Poland’s London-based government in exile
We Remember Them not just on Remembrance Day at Newark-On-Trent, Nottinghamshire
General Sikorski was Laid to Rest in Newark Cemetery From 1943-1993
We must not forget those of the Commonwealth and Polish airmen, they fought for freedom against the enemy and didn’t flinch
Newark, Nottinghamshire England is going back in time over the years since 1856
Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire UK Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
Thomas Earp who departed this life into the next, former Town Mayor and Newark MP, Died 100 years
A time to pray for our loss friends at Newark Cemetery
Ransome and Marles former factory workers Remembered with a Permanent Memorial in Newark-On-Trent on 7th March 2011
FRIENDS OF NEWARK CEMETERY TRANSLATED INTO POLISH
General Wladyslaw Sikorski
Remember those who have given up their lives for Freedom
If any of you have ever been to a military funeral in which taps was played; this brings out a new meaning of it
Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire, memorial website
Lasting Tribute to British Commonwealth, Polish Airmen and Workers of Ransome and Marles bombing

Remember those who have given up their lives for Freedom
Lasting Tribute to British Commonwealth, Polish Airmen and Workers of Ransome and Marles bombing
If any of you have ever been to a military funeral in which taps was played; this brings out a new meaning of it
Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, England Since 1856
48 BLATHERWICK’S THAT ARE BURIED IN NEWARK CEMETERY UK From 1858-2011 Chapel Interpretation Centre, Will Be Used By Friends Of Newark Cemetery
Lance Sgt Nathan Cumberland completed the Newark-On-Trent Half Marathon in 2.5 hours

The Main Drive at Newark Cemetery two former Chapels built in 1856,  one has been turned into a centre and is opened by volunteers from Friends of Newark Cemetery by appointment.  Chapel Interpretation Centre at Newark Cemetery.

 {left side on the main drive off London Road} is opened  by appointment for groups on weekends and Monday-Tuesday . New volunteers are needed  for the weekend,please contact Laurence Goff Chairman Friends of Newark Cemetery 01636-681878 or  friendsofnewarkcemetery@yahoo.co.uk

Many thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund that gave £50.000 to Restore the former Chapel

http://newarkcemeteryuk.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/chapel-interpretation-centre-will-be-used-by-friends-of-newark-cemetery/

 {left side on the main drive off London Road} is opened  by appointment. please contact Laurence Goff Chairman Friends of Newark Cemetery 01636-681878 or  friendsofnewarkcemetery@yahoo.co.uk

On 28th April 2007, Richard Todd OBE, officially unveiled the Memorial to the Fallen in Newark Cemetery 

Looking over at Cremated Remains at Newark Cemetery

Two Pages of General Sikorski

http://newarkcemeteryuk.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/general-wladyslaw-sikorski-prime-minister-of-polands-london-based-government-in-exile/

http://newarkcemeteryuk.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/on-14th-july-1941-general-wladyslaw-sikorski-visited-newark-on-trent-cemetery/

Our Beautiful and Historic Newark Cemetery, Newark-On-Trent, Nottinghamshire UK

Za wolnosc nasza i wasza / For our freedom and yours

Battle of Britain Many Thanks to the Royal Air Force

 Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force, and

Polish Air Force

 Many came over from The British Commonwealth,  thanks to  Royal Australian Air Force (6 killed), British 44, Royal Canadian Air Force (17 killed), Royal New Zealand Air Force (3 killed) and Polish Air Force  (400 killed) They are Buried in Newark-On-Trent Cemetery 2nd World War at Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire. Let us all Remember the many Airmen that were flying Spitfires with the Royal Air Force during the Battle to save Europe 1939-1945.  Paying a fitting Tribute to our brave fighters for their contribution. 17,000 Polish pilots and ground crew members had formed 14 squadron in RAF and 2,000 were killed of which over 400  from 1940 – 1947 are buried in Newark Cemetery.

This website has been set up as a means of further promoting our Newark Cemetery our Fitting tribute

 

This memorial website is my personal views, I have put it together in the public interest around Newark and the world . It dedicated to the thousands of  people since 1856.  Many are happy to have a resting place at Newark Cemetery for all to see and view. Having a means of further promoting Newark cemetery, and encouraging interested people to join and learn about cemetery for over 150 years. This is a privately owned and maintained, not-for-profit, website which is supported privately, the content here is solely the responsibility of 

Laurence Goff

Newark Town Councillor

Chairman Friends of Newark Cemetery

Newark-On-Trent is also important internationally as it contains a War Graves Cemetery, which includes graves of many Polish airmen, and was the historical burial place of General Sikorski (the wartime leader of Poland) whose body has now been returned to Poland, but whose memorial remains. There is also a Memorial to the Fallen of Newark commemorating, by name, those local military personnel who lost their lives in conflict since 1914.  A further monument to war time confilict is the Air Bridge Monument which remembers the aircrew who died, during world war two, supporting the popular uprising in Warsaw in 1944.

Za wolnosc nasza i wasza / For our freedom and yours.

Tribute to  British Commonwealth and  Polish Airmen

The inscription on the Lancaster Bomber Memorial

Halam Memory to the sevon killed on 10th April 1943 youtube.com10 Apr 2011 - 10 min - Uploaded by laurencegoff Halam Lancaster Bomber Memory April 2011, three are buried in Newark-On-Trent Cemetery. Halam Lancaster Bomber Memorial Tribute 10th … youtube.com10 Apr 2011 - 4 min - Uploaded by laurencegoff Halam Lancaster Bomber Memorial 10th April 2011 Near Newark-On-Trent Lancaster ED823 Bomber Aircraft More videos for halam airmen killed 1943 » http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/ww2-news-articles/34589-memorial-honours-lost-australian-airmen.html  http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=halam+airmen+killed+1943&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1903&bih=1015

Crew of Avro Lancaster ED823
411919		Flight Sergeant		L W LEAN		Royal Australian Air Force	Pilot	Aged 22   Australian
14855		Sergeant		F DUNKIN		Royal Australian Air Force	Flight Engineer	Aged 21  Australian
127064		Flying Officer		E LAMBERT		Royal Air Force	Navigator	Aged 34      British
1087359		Sergeant		H U OXSPRING		Royal Air Force	Bomb Aimer	Aged 27  British
1345277		Sergeant		W S L GRAHAM		Royal Air Force	Wireless Operator	Aged 20      British
R/11579		Flight  Sergeant		R D LEWIS		Royal Canadian  Air Force	Air Gunner	Aged 22  Canadian
1231524		Sergeant		W G STEPHENSON		Royal Air Force	Air Gunner	Aged 21         British

The Halam Lancaster Memorial displays the badges of the airforces of Great Britain, Australia and Canada in honour of the three different airforces from which the crew was drawn.

Memorial to the Crew of Avro Lancaster ED823

In the early hours of Saturday 10th April 1943 Lancaster ED823 belonging to 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit (H.C.U.) took off from RAF Winthorpe, near Newark, Nottinghamshire,England. At 01:25am the aircraft crashed in Halam shortly after take-off, just eight miles from the airfield.

1661 H.C.U. at RAF Winthorpe was a unit set up to train aircrews to fly heavy bombers such as the Manchester and Lancaster. The six week course was designed to “convert” the crews from flying lighter aircraft to larger, heavier ones. The final part of the aircrews’ training course was night navigational exercises, such as the flight ED823 was making when it crashed.

All seven crew members were sadly killed in the crash.

The crash site is about 1/2 mile from the centre of the village of Halam. It is on the west facing slope of a gentle hill; in 1943 the field was pasture, now in 2011 it is part of Norwood Park Golf Course. 

From the left -Raymond Lewis – air gunner (RCAF); “Jock” Graham – wireless operator; Ted Lambert – navigator; Len Lean – pilot (RAAF) The pilot Len Lean and the flight engineer Frank Dunkin were both from Australia. They had both joined the RAAF for initial training before being embarked for Great Britain. Flt Sgt Lean came from Chatswood, Sydney, and Sgt Dunkin’s home was in Armidale, New South Wales. Raymond Lewis, one of the crew’s air gunners was from Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada. All three of these Commonwealth airmen are buried in Newark cemetery, about eight miles from this memorial. The Navigator, Ted Lambert, lived with his wife Lavinia in Overhulton, Bolton, Lancashire. At 34 he was looked on by the rest of the crew as “the daddy” of the aircrew as he was “so much older” than the rest of them. He is buried in Fleetwood Borough Cemetery, near Blackpool. Sgt Henry Oxspring as bomber aimer, manned the front gun turret and would have been responsible for releasing the plane’s bombs on target once the crew had gone operational and were sent on bombing runs. He is buried in Hoyland Nether Cemetery near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Wireless Operator “Jock” Graham’s family came from Glasgow. At 20 years old he was the youngest member of the crew. He is buried in the Glasgow Western Necropolis. Sergeant William Stephenson was the crew’s second air gunner, along with Flt Sgt Lewis, his job was to provide the Lancaster’s defence against enemy fighters. He was from Leicester, where he is buried in Gilroes Cemetery.
The pilot Len Lean – he is still a trainee pilot in this picture as he has white band on his flying cap	Flying Officer Ted Lambert (navigator) – at 34 years old, the most senior crew member in terms of rank and age
Frank Dunkin from Australia. He was the Flight Engineer – his role was to support the pilot by keeping “the kite” flying	Sergeant Henry Oxspring – bomb aimer. He would also have manned the front machine gun turret
Wireless Operator Sergeant “Jock” Graham from Glasgow. Sadly we have been unable to trace any relatives or family for Sgt. Graham – can you help?	Canadian Flight Sergeant Lewis was one of the Lancaster’s two air gunners. He would keep a sharp look-out for enemy fighters, and defend the bomber from attack
Sergeant Billy Stephenson from Leicester, the other air gunner on the plane. When flying with other bombers, or in formation, the air gunners would also look out for wandering “friendly” aircraft threatening to collide with their own plane, and would warn the pilot to take evasive action.
Official Crash Report The official crash report was produced the day after the crash. It is a brief summary and gives little detail as to the events leading up to the crash. The report implies “pilot error” as the cause – HOWEVER, there is strong evidence that the Lancaster experienced problems with one of its engines right from take off. In fact it seems most likely that one of the engines was on fire when the plane crashed. Flt Sgt Lean would have had to struggle to keep the plane on a level flight, especially if the fire was spreading to the wing. It may well be that he was looking for a flat field in which to crash land – a further hundred yards and he would have had somewhere to put the plane down. The trees on the hill at Norwood Park and the power cables across the field where they crashed meant they had no chance for a safe landing. The plane was certainly heading towards open country where a crash landing could be attempted. Rather than pilot error, it may have been mechanical failure and sheer bad luck that Len couldn’t bring his crew down safely. Why the engine problems, and possible fire, are not mentioned in the accident report remains a mystery. Was this an oversight in a rushed report by people busy fighting a desperate war? Perhaps it was easier to blame a trainee pilot rather than admit to a faulty, or poorly maintained aircraft…. after all to send an aircrew up in a plane that wasn’t airworthy would be to put seven lives as great risk…. Perhaps we will never know. So far the official Accident Investigation Branch (A.I.B.) report hasn’t been traced – if that can be found, perhaps more light can be shone on the tragic events. Can anyone provide any more information on the likely cause of the crash, or help us find the A.I.B. report? To read the official RAF accident report for ED823 - Click Here
The Avro Lancaster Bomber The Lancaster bomber was the most famous and most successful of the Second World War heavy bombers. Although primarily a night bomber, it excelled in many other roles including daylight precision bombing, and gained worldwide fame as the “Dam Buster” used in the 1943 raids on Germany’s Ruhr Valley dams
Role	Heavy Bomber
Manufacturer	Avro
Designed by	Roy Chadwick
First flight	8 January 1941
Introduced in service	1942
Length	69 ft 5 ins (21.2m)
Wingspan	102 ft (31.1m)
Weight (unloaded)	36,828 lb (16,705kg)
Weight (max. load)	63,000 lb (29,000kg)
Top speed	280mph
Number built	7,377
Unit cost	£45,000 – 50,000 [about £1.3 - £1.5m in 2011 currency]
During WWII 7,377 Lancasters were built and this workhorse of Bomber Command flew 156,000 sorties, dropping over 600,000 tons of bombs. Although of an exceptional design and thought by most pilots to be a great plane to fly, almost half of all Lancasters delivered during the war were lost (a total of 3,345 planes lost) on operations with the loss of over 21,000 crew members; a sad reflection of the casualties of war. Unfortunately accidents involving aircrews in training were all too common. The crew of ED823 were such a trainee aircrew; on that tragic night seven young men “gave their tomorrows for our todays”. Lest we forget

Lafarge granite gives tragic airmen lasting memorial

The generosity of a Leicestershire building materials firm will ensure the sacrifice of a county airman killed in WWII will forever be remembered.

Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK has donated a granite boulder from its Mountsorrel quarry, near Loughborough, to be erected as a memorial to second air gunner, Sgt Billy Stephenson and his comrades, who died during a training mission.

All seven airmen perished when their Lancaster bomber crashed in the Nottinghamshire village of Halam in the early hours of Saturday April 10 1943.

Villagers in Halam had long felt the sacrifice of the crew should be honoured and embarked on a mission to erect a memorial and trace relatives of the lost airmen.

Many thanks to Lafarge and Nottinghamshire County Council the memorial was  unveiled during a special ceremony on the 68^thanniversary of the crash.

Andrew Paris, part of the Halam team responsible for organising the memorial, said:

 ”The loss of the lives of these seven brave young men was a sad wartime event for the village.

“When they left their homes and families they were really no more than boys. We wanted to do something to honour the sacrifice of these seven brave young men and now a vague idea over a pint in the village pub has become a wonderful reality.”

Angus Shedden, operations manager for Lafarge’s Mountsorrel Quarry, said:

  ”We are delighted that one of our armour stones is being used for such a worthy cause and will help keep alive the memory of these brave airmen.”

Appeals through local newspapers and radio have ensured relatives of almost all of the seven will be at the event on Sunday April 10.

Those expected to attend include Sgt Stephenson’s two nephews and a niece, seven or eight nieces and nephews of the pilot Len Lean, coming from Australia; the son and grandson of navigator Ted Lambert, from Fleetwood, near Blackpool; and a nephew of Canadian air gunner, Raymond ‘Tony’ Lewis travelling from Bangkok.

Andrew, a Halam resident for the past 20 years, said:

“We felt that such a significant event the village shouldn’t be forgotten or go unmarked.

“Making contact with so many relatives of the aircrew has been a hugely interesting and very touching experience. We are delighted that so many of them will be there on April 10^th“.

Open The donated rock from Lafarge The crew of the Lancaster bomber

Lancaster W4270 crash memorial, Staunton in the Vale

On Thursday 18 February 1943, an Avro Lancaster, s/n W4270 of No.61 Squadron had taken off at about 1610 from RAF Syerston.

After 6 hours and 45 minutes a con rod broke on the number 3 engine, resulting in a fire. The crew tried desperately to put it out while they were diverting to RAF Bottesford. When the landing gear was lowered it caused a loss of control and the aircraft dived towards the ground. It crashed at 2256 approximately a mile north west of the Church at Staunon in the Vale.

The crew were;

Sergeant Thomas H Warne         Pilot                                  RCAF

 Sergeant George A Hitchon       Flight Engineer             RAF

Sergeant Robert J Preece            Observer                          RAFVR

Sergeant Thomas R Newton       W/Op & Air Gunner   RAFVR

Sergeant James M Whitehead   W/Op & Air Gunner   RAFVR

 Sergeant Edward J Loverock    Air Gunner                     RAFVR

Sergeant John Coaker                 Air Gunner                      RAFVR

The memorial is located in the grounds of St Marys Church and it was  dedicated in March 2003. The original brass plaques weathered badly and funds were raised to replace them with hard wearing slate plaques. The memorial was re-dedicated on 3 July 2010.

Thomas Herbert Warne CRAF This War Graves shown is that of Thomas Herbert Warne, for anyone who wants to know more about what happened to Herb Warne and his crew, they may find this short film of interest. It was made in August 2010 primarily for the relatives of Herb Warne and his crew, so they could feel part of the rededication to the Memorial to the crew of Lancaster W4270 at Staunton in the Vale. Burial details: Sgt. Thomas Herbert Warne. Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery. Sec. P. Grave 307 Son of Samuel Kernick Warne and of Isabelle Warne (nee Munro), of Kennedy, Saskatchewan, Canada. Sgt. George Arthur Hitchon. Padiham Churchyard. Row 3. Div. 7. Grave 5. Son of Edwin and Lilian Mary Hitchon, of Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire Sgt. Robert John Preece. Wembdon Churchyard. Sec. C. Row A. Grave 14. Son of Herbert and Daisy Preece, of Bridgwater, Somerset Sgt. Thomas Raine Newton. Brandon and Byshottles Cemetery. Grave 46. Son of Herbert and Gertrude Newton, of Durham. Sgt. James Milton Whitehead. Cambusnethan Cemetery. Sec. A. Grave 824. Son of Willie and Janet Reid Greenshields Whitehead, of Riddrie, Glasgow. Sgt. Edward John Loverock. Matlock Cemetery. Plot 1. Row 12. Grave 15. Son of Frederick and Mabel Victoria Jubilee Loverock, of Matlock, Derbyshire Sgt. John Coaker. Leusdon Churchyard.. Son of George and Edith Amy Coaker, of Poundsgate, Newton Abbot, Devon http://www.vimeo.com/14431980 Grateful thanks Aircrew remembrance society  http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com/raf1943/3/warnethomas.html

Newark-on-Trent is important internationally, as it is home to the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves where there are over 400 graves of Polish airmen who died during the second world war.

Remembering the many

Polish Airmen that were flying Spitfires with the Royal Air Force and the Commonwealth

  In Memory of Private PHILIP WOOLFITT who joined thenCanadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

180165, 43rd Bn., Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) who died age 19 on 1st November 1916 Son of William Pearce Woolfitt and Emma Woolfitt, of Homeleigh, New Balderton, Newark. 

Remembered with honour, from the 1st World War buried in  

NEWARK-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY

We always will Remember them

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Newark Cemetery during the War

17 Canadian Royal Air Force from the 2nd World War are buried in the

Commonwealth War Graves at Newark-On-Trent, Nottinghamshire

British Commonwealth Are Buried in Newark Cemetery

Thomas Herbert Warne (CRAF) Royal Canadian Air Force

The crew of Lancaster W4270 at Staunton in the Vale

This War Graves shown is that of Thomas Herbert Warne, for anyone who wants to know more about what happened to Herb Warne and his crew, they may find this short film of interest. It was made in August 2010 primarily for the relatives of Herb Warne and his crew, so they could feel part of the rededication to the Memorial to the crew of Lancaster W4270 at Staunton in the Vale.  On Thursday 18 February 1943, an Avro Lancaster, s/n W4270 of No.61 Squadron had taken off at about 1610 from RAF Syerston.

Burial details:

Sgt. Thomas Herbert Warne. Newark-Upon-Trent Cemetery. Sec. P. Grave 307
Son of Samuel Kernick Warne and of Isabelle Warne (nee Munro), of Kennedy, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Sgt. George Arthur Hitchon. Padiham Churchyard. Row 3. Div. 7. Grave 5.
Son of Edwin and Lilian Mary Hitchon, of Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire
Sgt. Robert John Preece. Wembdon Churchyard. Sec. C. Row A. Grave 14.
Son of Herbert and Daisy Preece, of Bridgwater, Somerset
Sgt. Thomas Raine Newton. Brandon and Byshottles Cemetery. Grave 46.
Son of Herbert and Gertrude Newton, of Durham.
Sgt. James Milton Whitehead. Cambusnethan Cemetery. Sec. A. Grave 824.
Son of Willie and Janet Reid Greenshields Whitehead, of Riddrie, Glasgow.
Sgt. Edward John Loverock. Matlock Cemetery. Plot 1. Row 12. Grave 15.
Son of Frederick and Mabel Victoria Jubilee Loverock, of Matlock, Derbyshire
Sgt. John Coaker. Leusdon Churchyard..

http://www.vimeo.com/14431980

Plus the “Team” at the Society:

(All of whom contribute to any replies)

David King (Chairman)

Melvin Brownless (Luftwaffe Research)

http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com

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Mission: Training

Date: 18th February 1943 (Thursday)

 Unit: No: 61 Squadron

 Type: Lancaster I

Serial: W4270

 Base: R.A.F. Syerston, Nottinghamshire.

 Location: In the area of Bottesford Airfield, Lincolnshire.

 Pilot: Sgt. Thomas Herbert Warne R/102085 R.C.A.F. Age 23. Killed (Later WO.II)

 Fl/Eng: Sgt. George Arthur Hitchon 576765 R.A.F. Age 19. Killed

Obs: Sgt. Robert John Preece 1174086 R.A.F.V.R. Age 22. Killed

W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Thomas Raine Newton 1119116 R.A.F.V.R. Age 21. Killed

 W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. James Milton Whitehead 975551 R.A.F.V.R. Age 22. Killed

 Air/Gnr: Sgt. Edward John Loverock 950159 R.A.F.V.R. Age 21. Killed

 Air/Gnr: Sgt. John Coaker 1276786 R.A.F.V.R. Age 22. Killed

 REASON FOR LOSS:

Whilst on a Cross country training flight W4270 crashed at 22.56 hrs. following an engine fire about 2 miles north west of R.A.F. Bottesford, Leicestershire. The aircraft came down a mile from the village of Staunton in the Vale, Lincolnshire.

This tragic event has been well researched over a period of 11 years + and a Memorial to the crew set up in the burial ground of St Mary’s Church, Staunton-in-the-Vale. Living relatives of all 7 men have been contacted, and the research team are indebted to them for supplying further information, photographs, letters etc.

Funeral  at Newark Cemetery of  Sergeant Thomas H Warne  Pilot  (RCAF) Royal Canadian Air Force is the only one buried in Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, England.

Crew of Lancaster W4270 (Courtesy Air Crew Remembrance Society 

http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com/raf1943/3/warnethomas.html

Canadian Red Ensign Flag during the 2nd world war, 17 (RCAF) Royal Canadian Air Force

were killed and are buried in Newark-On-Trent Cemetery

This was the official flag of Canada from 1921 until 1957. Since 1868, Canada has used this design with slightly different alterations to the Canadian shield. The Canadian badge in the fly of the flag has gone through several revisions since then. This was used by Canadian troops in the trenches of World War I. It was also the Canadian flag that was carried to the beaches at Normandy, France by Canadian troops during the D-Day invasion of occuppied France. The entities represented in the shield are the arms of the countries where the vast majority of Canadian people hail from: England, Scotland, Ireland and France. The three green maple leaves in the bottom of the shield represent Canada itself. In 1957, the three Maple leaves were changed from green to red and that design was used until the establishment of the maple leaf flag we know today in 1965.

http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com/raf1943/3/warnethomas.html 

Lancaster W4270 crash memorial, Staunton in the Vale. On Thursday 18 February 1943, an Avro Lancaster, s/n W4270 of No.61 Squadron had taken off at about 1610 from RAF Syerston.

Name: KENNEDY, JOHN BERNARD
Initials: J B
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal New Zealand Air Force
Unit Text: 455 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 26
Date of Death: 13/02/1942
Service No: 402874
Additional information: Son of Patrick and Ethel Kennedy, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. R. Grave 298.
Cemetery: NEWARK-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY

Hampden 1 took off 2243 from Wigsley returned early with engine  trouble crashed at 0153 at Eagle, Lincoln while preparing to land. No other crew members of this aircraft are buried in Newark Cemetery.

6 Royal Australian Air Force died and are buried in Newark Cemetery
Just 21 years old, died for our freedom, 14855 Sergeant F. Dunkin
http://newarkcemeteryuk.wordpress.com/

NEWARK-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY Lancaster 1 of 1661 HCU took off from Winthorpe for general practice with 10 trainee crew members, crashed due to fire in outer port engine crashed at Cromwell near Newark, all crew killed, three crew buried in Newark Cemetery -.Cowan, Burgess and Hannay. Cowan had previously completed a tour of operations with 9 Squadron, his brother was also a pilot on 9 Squadron, it was very rare that brothers served at the same time on the same Squadron.

NEWARK-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY

Name: BRADLEY, DESMOND GEORGE
Initials: D G
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal New Zealand Air Force
Unit Text: 408 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn
Age: 22
Date of Death: 21/10/1941
Service No: 401801
Additional information: Son of Vincent Henry and Edith Victoria Bradley, of Waipukurau, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. Q. Grave 300.
Cemetery: NEWARK-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY

6 Royal Australian Air Force died and are buried in Newark Cemetery
Just 22 years old, died for our freedom, 411919 Flight Sergeant L.W. Lean
http://newarkcemeteryuk.wordpress.com/

Many thanks to Roger Audis 9 Squadron Association Historian help with infomation

Flight Sergeant R.D.Lewis, Air Gunner Royal Canadian Air Force, 10th April 1943 Age 22

http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/

Royal Australian Air Force

ps600pages@petrowilliamus.co.uk

http://www.petrowilliamus.co.uk/pointgrey/pointgrey.htm

Ransome and Marles  Newark-On-Trent attack Friday 7th March 1941

Newark in the Second World War records the events surrounding the bombing of the Ransome and Marles bearing factory at Newark-on-Trent. On Friday 7th March 1941 the most well known of all the raids on [Newark-On-Trent] took place when Ransome and Marles factory was bombed. The type of work carried out at the factory made it an obvious target.

Tribute to British Commonwealth and Polish Sacrifice that are buried at Newark Cemetery

Link and Title of pages by Laurence Goff on Newark Cemetery UK Website, just click on page
Home page
General Wladyslaw Sikorski, Prime Minister of Poland’s London-based government in exile
We Remember Them not just on Remembrance Day at Newark-On-Trent, Nottinghamshire
General Sikorski was Laid to Rest in Newark Cemetery From 1943-1993
We must not forget those of the Commonwealth and Polish airmen, they fought for freedom against the enemy and didn’t flinch
Newark, Nottinghamshire England is going back in time over the years since 1856
Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire UK Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
Thomas Earp who departed this life into the next, former Town Mayor and Newark MP, Died 100 years
A time to pray for our loss friends at Newark Cemetery
Ransome and Marles former factory workers Remembered with a Permanent Memorial in Newark-On-Trent on 7th March 2011
FRIENDS OF NEWARK CEMETERY TRANSLATED INTO POLISH
General Wladyslaw Sikorski
Remember those who have given up their lives for Freedom
If any of you have ever been to a military funeral in which taps was played; this brings out a new meaning of it
Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire, memorial website
Lasting Tribute to British Commonwealth, Polish Airmen and Workers of Ransome and Marles bombing

Remember those who have given up their lives for Freedom
Lasting Tribute to British Commonwealth, Polish Airmen and Workers of Ransome and Marles bombing
If any of you have ever been to a military funeral in which taps was played; this brings out a new meaning of it
Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, England Since 1856
48 BLATHERWICK’S THAT ARE BURIED IN NEWARK CEMETERY UK From 1858-2011 Chapel Interpretation Centre, Will Be Used By Friends Of Newark Cemetery
Lance Sgt Nathan Cumberland completed the Newark-On-Trent Half Marathon in 2.5 hours

41 Remembrances to the people that died on the sad day Friday

7th March 1941

Roll Call of Names that died 1, George Harold Henry Adams, aged 45 * 2, Wilfred Evelyn Andrew, aged 39 * 3, Olive Ash, aged 31 * O 4, Bertie Augustus Ball, aged 18 * O 5, Ernest Patrick Beale, aged 27, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment (Private) * 6, Edward Beaver, aged 26 (Buried in Mansfield) with no Tombstone 7, Harold Vincent Brown, aged 44 * 8, Vivian Maud Castle, aged 18 9, Enid Winifred Hall Cooper, aged 30 ( Buried in Balderton in St Giles Church Yard) 10, Edna May Cottam, aged 19 * 11, Gladys Cummings, aged 21 * 12, William Joseph Dixey, aged 62 * 13, Frederick Flowler, aged 39 14, George William Godridge, aged 29 * O 15, Robert Grant, aged 47, his son Chris was only five when his Father died, he became Newark town mayor 50 years later in 1991-1992 * 16, John Henry Green, aged 55, Volunteer Home Guard, 11th Nottinghamshire (Newark) * 17, Horace Grocock, aged 47 ( Buried in Barnby in the Willow) 18, Albert Robert Gyde, aged 42* 19, Rose Ellen Hall, aged 30 * O 20, James Hazelby Hanger, aged 29 * 21, Thomas McHallam Hardie, aged 26 * 22, Sybil Harriet Hayden, aged 34 23, Joyce May Kirton, aged 18 24, Lily Lambert, aged 22 * O 25, George Felix Lambley, aged 39 * 26, Edith Makins, aged 21 ( Buried in South Collingham) 27, Frederick William Mann, aged 46 * O 28, Frederick Markwell, aged 50 ( Balderton ?) 29, Claude Ware Hannah Martin, aged 36 * 30, Edwin E. Martin, aged 46 * O 31, Richard Naylor, aged 25 * O 32, Frederick William Packwood, aged 52 * 33, William Thomas Pepper, aged 18 34, Frederick Richards, aged 32 * O 35, Alfred Mayfield Ridge, aged 68 * O 36, Reginald William Senior, aged 35, died on the 8th March 1941 * 37, George Swanwick, aged 38 * O 38, Norah Trueblood, aged 34, * 39, Esther Evelyn Varney, aged 19, (her body was never found) 40, William Warner, aged 51 * 41 Arthur Worrell, aged 31 * We were happy to do this tribute, the did Remember the people that died during Ransome and Marles Bombing.

41 were killed 30 are buried in Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire * A Star Buried in Newark Cemetery 20 in total have a Tombstone. O is put after names that do not have a Tombstone.

http://newarkcemeteryuk.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/ransome-and-marles-former-factory-workers-will-be-remembered-with-a-permanent-memorial-in-newark-on-trent-in-2011/

Friends of Newark Cemetery AGM and meeting

Wednesday 4th April 2012,  to be held at Newark Town Hall in the Pickin Room arrive for a cuppa at 5:30pm  meeting will start at 5.45pm until 7pm.

This is a privately owned   and maintained, not-for-profit, website which is supported privately, the content here is solely the responsibility of Laurence Goff. Together as a fitting tribute who resting place is at Newark Cemetery. Our beautiful and historic Newark Cemetery, London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire for over 150 years This memorial website is my personal views, I have put it together and do not represent Newark Town Council . It dedicated to the thousands of  people since 1856.  Newark Cemetery UK  for all to see and view, having a means of further promoting Newark cemetery, and encouraging interested people to join the tribute.

Laurence Goff Chairman  Friends of Newark Cemetery Volunteer and  Newark Town Councillor

friendsofnewarkcemetery@yahoo.co.uk

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Nottinghamshire NG24 1SQ

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