Lasting Tribute Time to emphasized the heroism, bravery, valour and determination for freedom, lest We Forget. Let’s pay tribute to these brave fighters for their contribution.
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Newark Cemetery, London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire is open all year round Summer 8am-8pm Winter 8am-6pm
Friends of Newark Cemetery Monthly Meeting
Wednesday to be held in the New Year 7th March 2012, AGM also 4th April 2012 and Month meeting at Newark Town Hall, Pickin room at 5:30pm for a Cuppa. The Public meeting will start at 5:45pm until 7pm finish. You are most welcome.
We are also grateful to ~Newark Town Council~ that it letting Friends of Newark Cemetery use the Chapel Interpretation Centre open by appointment for groups.
We would re-open the centre on from 10-4pm on the 2nd Saturday each Month starting on 14th April 2012. We need two volunteers that can be put on rota.
The Warsaw Uprising (1944) needed the support of the allies to provide food and munitions to the Polish Partisans (AK, Home Army), resulting in the Polish Government in London, appealing to Winston Churchill for assistance. After many discussions with the Allied Command and getting no help from Russia, who refused even to grant permission for allied aircraft to land in Russia, he ordered relief to be flown to Warsaw from Italy, which was some 100 miles less than that from England, but was told by General Durrant, that an airlift of 2000 miles there and back, would have no hope of success, in that the loss of aircraft flying over occupied territory would be tremendous! Although Churchill agreed with him, he nevertheless ordered the operation to be proceeded with. The task was allocated to 205 group, of which RAF Squadrons 148 and 178, SAAF 31 and 34 squadrons and Polish Special Services Flight 1586 were part. The losses were horrendous: for every ton of supplies delivered and recovered by the Polish insurgents one aircraft was lost (39 four-engine bombers total). The operation was called “Warsaw Concerto”. Annual Air bridge Memorial Service at Newark Cemetery is held on the Last Sunday in September each year. The Polish war graves service each year starting from the main gate on London Road, Newark 1:45pm to the Memorial. Annual All Souls at Newark Cemetery is held on the the Last Sunday in October each year starting from the main gate on London Road, Newark at 2:45pm.
Air Bridge Memorial at the Commonwealth and Polish War graves Located going up the Main Drive from
London Road Newark, Nottinghamshire
Our beautiful grounds are kept well by Newark Town Council. Our historic Newark Cemetery, London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire. It is open all year round Summer 8am-8pm and Winter 8am-6pm.
I thought you might like to know that this year, for the first time, the Friends of Newark Cemetery are actively taking part in the English Heritage open weekend event again in 2012. The weekend theoretically runs during the 2nd weekend in September. They will open the Interpretation Centre and have organized two historical tours at 2.00pm each day. The tours will last about an hour and visit the graves of some of the notable historic people that have inhabited Newark. They are intended to be factual and amusing focusing on real life historic events.
The site is reasonably disability friendly with good quality tarmac parking areas, roads and paths. There is disabled access into the Interpretation centre but people with mobility issues may have difficulty getting to the grave sides of all the graves described on the tour.
The event is advertised on the English Heritage web site (as is the event here at the Town Hall), and will be in the Advertiser. People are asked to register for the tours, both tours are the same just different days, so as we can keep a check on numbers. We currently have no idea what the response will be like. The number to register on is Newark 01636-684805. The website to look at for this and other EH open weekend sites is http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/
This is a privately owned and maintained, not-for-profit, website which is supported with the content here is solely the responsibility of Laurence Goff Friends of Newark Cemetery Chairman and Newark Town Councillor.
Laurence Goff at Newark Cemetery Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
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Chapel Interpretation Centre at 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
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British Commonwealth and Polish War Graves from the 2nd World War, We Will Remember them
We will always Remember them all year Round
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The Annual Air Bridge Commemoration Service on Sunday 25th September 2011. Assemble at Newark Cemetery Main Gates on London Road, Newark at 1:45pm, 2pm procession up the Main Drive to the Air Bridge Memorial near the Commonwealth and Polish War graves.
Newark Name Around the World
British Commonwealth Are Buried in
Newark Cemetery during the War
Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
Love each other until we meet again RIP Newark Cemetery
We Will Remember Them All Year Round
General Wladyslaw Sikorski farewell Mass was said at Newark Parish on 14th Sept 1993 before leaving for Poland on his way home after been buried in Newark Cemetery for 50 years.
We always will Remember them
Flying over Newark-On-Trent For our Freedom, we will Remember them
Newark Cemetery is located on London Road off the A1
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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.
They fought for freedom against the enemy and didn’t flinch we should be grateful.
Newark Cemetery Commonwealth and Polish war graves
Flying the British and Polish flags over Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire
The annual Airbridge on the last Sunday in September
and
All Souls held on the last Sunday in October each year.
General Sikorski former grave at Newark Cemetery from 1943-1993 still has his Memorial for all to see, we will remember him
Main Gate to Cemetery on London Road, Newark-On-Trent Nottinghamshire
A service of remembrance for Poland’s war heroes was held at Newark Cemetery.
The service, organised by the Order of Saint Stanislas
Commonwealth and Polish War Graves Newark-On-Trent
Newark War Memorial
Mission: Training
Date: 18th February 1943 (Thursday)
Unit: No: 61 Squadron
Type: Lancaster I
Serial: W4270
Code: QR-? (extensively researched, but not found)
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.
Crew of Lancaster W4270 (Courtesy DI Ablewhite)
Left: Sgt. George Arthur Hitchon (Courtesy Hitchon/Weaver family) Right: Sgt. James Milton Whitehead (Courtesy Mrs Sylvia Jamison – sister)
Memorial to the crew (Courtesy DI Ablewhite)
Staunton Lancaster Crash – background to the research
Prepared and written for the A.R. Society by Di Ablewhite:
“In November 1999, Mr Sid Baggaley, a retired farmer of Staunton, asked a family friend (Di Ablewhite) if she could do an investigation into a plane crash he witnessed in WW11, he knew she was interested in history and archaeology, but she had not undertaken any research of this nature before. For obvious reasons this tragic event left a huge mark on him, and since that night he had wanted to know more about what had happened. He had heard several rumours including the fact that one of the crew was a Canadian, but knew nothing of where they flew from or any other detail being of course wartime.
Working on the information he gave her and with a piece of the wreckage he later recovered from the crash site, she and eventually along with an ex RAF/BBMF friend she met through the Bomber Command Museum of Canada’s message board (Ian Hinks) and Sid’s Granddaughter (Annie Hogg) set about finding the details of the accident. Sid really wanted to know who these men were and to hopefully see what they looked like, but he had very little information for the team to work with. All he could remember was it was a cold winters night, he thought it was a Wellington Bomber and he knew 6/7 men had lost their lives. An initial reading of the Bomber Command Losses books, searching for a Wellington crashing in that area came up with nothing.
Luckily the piece of wreckage he saved was a structural piece and once cleaned up by Newark Air Museum had RAF Section/Reference marks on it, which identified the aircraft as a Mark 1 Lancaster. By another full search through W R Chorleys’ Bomber Command Losses books a list was made of all local Lancaster crashes.
Eventually the search narrowed down to it being just one aircraft.
On the 18th of February 1943, a crew from 61 squadron, RAF Syerston had been on a long cross country training flight when, at 22.56 hours, after 6 hrs 45 mins of flying, a con rod broke on the inner starboard engine, causing a fire, which , despite their best efforts, they failed to put out. A combination of this and the fact the landing gear was in a lowered position, caused them to lose control and the aircraft crashed.
All 7 crew members were killed and at 23 years of age the pilot, a Canadian from Saskatchewan, WO11 Thomas Herbert Warne (then a Sgt.) was the oldest and most experienced member of the crew despite only having 15 hours of night flying experience on this type of aircraft.
All the men except the Canadian Pilot were buried in their respective home towns, while he is buried in Newark War Cemetery.
Sid lived long enough to know the names of the crew and where they were from, but sadly didn’t get to see any of the photos, it was 8 years later that any of those surfaced. Eventually due to endless appeals for information in the local press and on the internet, several family members came forward with amazing photos and other documents relating to the crew, and because of this the personal side of this tragedy became more apparent, and the research team were more motivated to complete as much as they could to preserve these men in history, 11 years on and finally all of the crew’s relatives have been traced and made aware of the Memorial and research into the last few hours of their loved ones lives. Over 55,000 died in Bomber Command alone in WW11, not all can possibly be remembered in such detail, but it is so important as many as can be are paid tribute to.
A Memorial to this crew was built in the new burial ground of St Mary’s Church, Staunton-in-the-Vale for the millennium exhibition. The stone was kindly donated by Mr and Mrs E. Staunton, a Lancaster propeller blade from a crash site in Crowland, was donated by LARG (Lincolnshire Aircraft Recovery Group) organised for us by Ian Blackmore, the actual memorial plinth was built by Lee Brigham and memorial plaques again bought with donations. Sadly the original plaques deteriorated in the first 10 years, so Annie Hogg set about renovating the Memorial and replacing the brass plaques with slate ones in 2010.
The Memorial is now included in the Nottinghamshire Aviation Trail and it is hoped that more and more people will be visiting the site and remembering these 7 promising young men, who tragically lost their lives in training, without the chance to reach their full potential in life, paying the ultimate sacrifice. We will remember them.”
Di Ablewhite
Funeral of Sgt. Warne at Newark (Courtesy of the Warne/Boe family)
Sgt. Thomas Herbert Warne (Courtesy of the Warne/Boe family) Grave photo (Courtesy Gary Watson)
Part of a short film made on the re-dedication of this Memorial in 2010 can be seen “HERE“
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
Researched by: Di Ablewhite, Ian Hinks, Annie Hogg and many others, but also with a special mention to the relatives of this crew. Many, many people have assisted in this research and the people who have made this memorial possible would like to thank everyone who has helped make this happen.
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Ransome and Marles’ Factory Bombed Memorial
We will Remember them that died in Newark-On-Trent 70 years ago. On the Friday afternoon 29 men and 12 women were killed with a further 165 being injured. Newark was attacked because of its significance to airfields and war work carried out within the area. The most significant attack was on Friday, 7th March 1941 when two German planes dropped a series of bombs on and around Ransome and Marles who made ball bearings for naval gun turrets. A total of 41 people were killed with a further 165 being injured.
Memorial is located at Newark Town, all welcome
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and Newark Cemetery have commemorated the 70th Anniversary of Ransome and Marles Ball Bearings Factory that was bomb on Friday, 7th March 1941.
Tribute to Ransome and Marles Bombing From Holy Trinity RC School, Newark-On-Trent
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Ransome and Marles Newark-On-Trent attack Friday 7th March 1941
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Ransome & Marles unvailing of Memorial at Newark Town Hall 7th March 2011
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Laurence Goff rall call of names from Ramsome and Marles Bombing on 7th March 1941.
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This was a big part of our history in Newark-On-Trent during the Second Word War. Also was the most loss of life, with 41 that were killed and another 165 injured. Our recognition to always remember them at Newark cemetery at the Chapel Interpretation Centre which will be opened from 2-4pm with an exhibition in their memory.
Tours of Newark Cemetery by Laurence Goff by appointment
On 7th March 2011 we had Remember each one of them that died, 70 years ago in the bombing of Ransome and Marles Ball Bearings factory on that Friday afternoon. Friends of Newark cemetery are happy for this Permanent Memorial at Newark Town Hall at the foot of the staircase near the glass door.
We certainly owe them a great deal of credit that they so rightly deserve.
Ransome & Marles Memorial unveiled at Newark Town Hall
Relatives of those who died in the 1941 Ransome and Marles bombing in Newark were invited to attend the unveiling of a memorial marking the 70th anniversary of the tragedy. The memorial, being made by NSK Europe — the successors of Ransome and Marles — was unveiled at Newark Town Hall by Newark Town Mayor Councillor Tony Roberts MBE on Monday, March 7th 2011. The memorial featured a large chrome-plated bearing, of the type still made at the factory today, and an item of memorabilia salvaged from the bombing. The names of the 41 people killed are on a plaque on the memorial, which will be in the staircase entrance to the Town Hall, alongside the glass plaques bearing the names of aldermen, mayors and MPs of Newark.
Mr Chris Grant, a former Mayor 1991-1992 of The Park, whose father, Mr Robert Grant, died in the bombing, said: “I am very happy we have got a successful conclusion — it has been a long haul. “It seems to me that the position chosen is first class because I am sure the memorial is going to be seen by far more people there than anywhere else.” Mr Grant, a former mayor, said it would be a visible memorial to the most important wartime event in Newark. Although the names of those who died are recorded in a book in the parish church and on a plaque at NSK, there is no visual marker in the town. The chairman of the Friends of Newark Cemetery, Mr Laurence Goff, campaigned for a memorial. “It is a fitting tribute to something we feel strongly about,” he said.
Friends of Newark Cemetery organised an exhibition about the bombing at the cemetery chapel over 3 days, 70th anniversary has been remembered.
The chapel Interpretation is open from 2-4pm every weekend or by appointment, `please contact Laurence Goff 01636-681878 or by email:
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Ransome and Marles bombing will be Remembered at Newark Cemetery marking the 70th anniversary. Friends of Newark Cemetery chairman, Mr Laurence Goff, campaigned for a memorial. “It is a fitting tribute to something we feel strongly about, we have organised an exhibition about the bombing at the cemetery chapel on the weekend from 2-4pm or by appointment.
Newark-on-Trent Town Hall
“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” — Cynthia Ozick 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 Barnsdale 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, Edward E. Martin, aged 46 * 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 Will Remember the 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 )
Ransome and Marles 70 years ago on 7th March 1941
These was a big part of our history during the 2nd Word War, with the most loss of life with 41 killed and another 165 that were injured. It was a huge event we most remember them. 41 Flags to Remember the Fallen the Brave People at Ransome and Marles.
Name
Address
Age
Gender
Died after AdmissionTo Hospital
London Rd Cemetery Grave Ref No
Date of Interment
(1) Adams, George Harold Henry
77 Millgate Newark
45
M
ED307 * Buried in Newark
14.03.1941 Yes (Found)
2) Andrew, Wilfred Evelyn
48 Chestnut Avenue Newark
39
M
ED303 * Buried in Newark
11.03.1941 Yes(Found)
3) Ash, Olive
14 Portland Street Newark
31
F
X
EK253 * Buried in Newark
14.03.1941 No Stone Found
4) Ball, Bertie Augustus
6 Newstead Avenue Newark
18
M
EQ207 * Buried in Newark
13.03.1941 No Stone Marking Found
5) Beale, Ernest Patrick
38 Appletongate Newark
27
M
X
WG288 * Buried in Newark
13.03.1941 Yes Stone Marking Found
6) Beaver, Edward
15 Roseberry Hill Mansfield
26
M
X Mansfield Crematorium
Buried in Mansfield Record Plot 21506
No Stone Marking Found
7) Brown, Harold Vincent
5 Charles Street Newark
44
M
EQ149 * Buried in Newark
12.03.1941 Yes (Found)
(8) Castle, Vivien Maud
Elston Nr Newark
18
F
No Record
9) Cooper, Winifred Hall
12 Pinfold Lane Balderton
30
F
X
Record * Buried in St Giles Church
Found in Balderton
10) Cottam, Edna May
27 William Street Newark
19
F
WT303 * Buried in Newark
13.03.1941 Yes(Found)
11) Cummings, Gladys
42 Welbeck Avenue Newark
21
F
X
ED305 * Buried in Newark
15.03.1941 Yes (Found)
12) Dixey, William Joseph
65 Bowbridge Road Newark
62
M
EO145 * Buried in Newark
12.03.1941 Yes (Found)
13) Fowler Frederick
Long Street Great Gonerby, Grantham
39
M
X
No Record
14) Godridge George William
28 Lime Grove Newark
29
M
X
EH247 * Buried in Newark
14.03.1941 No Stone Found
15) Grant, Robert Barnsdale
3 Sleaford Road Newark
47
M
EG237 * Buried in Newark
Yes (Found)
16) Green, John Henry
9 Marton Road Newark
55
M
WG308 * Buried in Newark
11.03.1941 Yes(Found)
17) Grocock, Horace
115 Millgate Newark
47
M
X
Buried In Barnby- in- the- Willows
18) Gyde, Albert Robert
60A Barnbygate Newark
42
M
X
WS305 * Buried in Newark
13.03.1941 Yes Found
19) Hall, Rose Ellen
19 Long Row Newark
30
F
X
EI151 * Buried in Newark
13.03.1941 No Stone Marking Found
20) Hanger, James
6 Cedar Avenue Newark
29
M
WR300 * Buried in Newark
Yes (Found)
21) Hardie, Thomas McHugh
56 Milton Street Newark
26
M
ED304 * Buried in Newark
12.03.1941 Yes (Found)
22) Hayden, Sybil Harriet
Ivy Farm Kirklington
34
F
X
No Record
23) Kirton, Joyne May
21 Guildhall Street Newark
18
F
No Record Not found
24) Lambert, Lily
59 Bowbridge Road Newark
22
F
EH249 * Buried in Newark
11.03.1941 No Stone Marking Found
25) Lambley, George Felix
Marton Road Newark
39
M
WD178 * Buried in Newark
11.03.1941 Yes Found
26) Makins, Edith
Green South Collingham Church
21
F
Record South Collingham
27) Mann, Frederick William
“Manville” New Balderton
46
M
X
EG238 * Buried in Newark
13.03.1941 No Marking or Stone
28) Markwell, Frederick,
114 Hawton Lane New Balderton
50
M
Record Balderton ?
Not Located
29) Martin, Claude
33 Bowbridge Road Newark
36
M
WT178 * Buried in Newark
12.03.1941 Yes (Found)
30) Martin, Edward E
46 Newton Street Newark
46
M
Record * Buried in Newark
(L) Yes Found
31) Naylor, Richard
162 Barnbygate Newark
25
M
WC175 * Buried in Newark
11.03.1941 No Stone Marking Found
32) Packwood, Frederick William
56 Appletongate Newark
52
M
WS304 * Buried in Newark
12.03.1941 Yes Found and located
33) Pepper, William Thomas
7 Norwell Road Caunton Nr Newark
18
M
No Record
34) Richards, Frederick
Beacon Hill Road Newark
32
M
X
WL306 C * Buried in Newark
12.03.1941 No Stone Marking Found
35) Ridge, Alfred Mayfield
84 Beacon Hill Newark
68
M
WF309 C * Buried in Newark
13.03.1941 No Stone Marking Found
36) Senior, Reginald William
8 Middleton Road Newark
35
M
X
WQ305 * Buried in Newark
12.03.1941 Yes found and Located
37) Swanwick, George
4 Vernon Avenue Newark
38
M
EQ252 * Buried in Newark
12.03.1941 No Stone Marking Found
38) Trueblood, Nora
42 William Street Newark
34
F
X
WP305 * Buried in Newark
14.03.1941 Found and Located
39) Varney, Esther Evelyn *( was never found)
9 Wilson Street Newark
19
F
No Record RIP
Her Body was never found
40) Warner, William
9 Grove Street New Balderton
51
M
X
WB282 * Buried in Newark
13.03.1941 Yes Tombstone Found
41) Worrell, Arthur
Chestnut Cottage Girton
31
M
E 305 * Buried in Newark
Also Lasting Tribute with Recognition to Remember them when Ransome and Marles Ball Bearing Factory was Bombed. On that Darkest day during the 2nd world war on 7th March 1941, This day became known as “Black Friday.”
This was a big part of our history in Newark-On-Trent during the Second Word War, with the most loss of life, with 41 killed and another 165 injured.
We certainly owe them a debt of gratitude.
A memorial in Newark around the 70th anniversary on 7th March 2011 is taken place at Newark Town Hall. Ransome and Marles factory workers in Newark-On-Trent will be remembered once again. By Preserving the ultimate sacrifice with their memories for years to come, we will remember them.
( * Buried in Newark Cemetery 30 in total) ( O No Tombstone )
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 Baldsdale 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 *
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 * O
41 Arthur Worrell, aged 31 *
On Friday, 7th March 1941, Ransome and Marles bearing factory was bombed. This was the most notable incident of enemy action in the town. The type of work carried out at the factory made it an obvious target for the Germans. It was shortly after 1pm, the sirens had already sounded, when there was a rattle of machine gun fire and the drone of an aircraft engine. Visibility was bad, but people in the streets suddenly saw the raider, an Heinkel 111 bomber, dive through the low clouds and almost immediately release 4 bombs. Two of these landed in the works, one on the road at the side of the factory, and one on an air raid shelter adjacent to Stanley Street. One of the witnesses was Mike Wright age 4 years. There was a constant chatter of machine gun fire from both the raider and the defenders, until the plane reached the sanctuary of the clouds. Civil defense, a network of voluntary groups dedicated to saving life and alleviating suffering came on the seen.
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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.
Ransome and Marles Stanley factory (later RHP and now owned by NSK)
During WWI women replaced many factory workers – in Newark women worked in Ransome & Marles and Wothington & Simpsons factories making munitions, Mumby & Sons making uniforms and Coopers making parachutes.
The Ransome Brass Band was formed on the 1st November 1937 as the works band of Ransome and Marles. In 1939 the Ransome and Marles Band made the first of over 500 radio broadcasts – many were broadcast direct from the works canteen via a BBC direct radio link. These popular broadcasts included favourites such as “Music While You Work”, “Workers’ Playtime”, “Friday Night Is Music Night” and “Strike Up the Band”. See Charlotte Hall’s oral history, and the band’s website.
A few weeks later, in May 1941, we moved to Bunny so that my father could concentrate on helping to establish the new factory. We only stayed at Bunny until November 1942 when we moved to Dundee in Scotland, where R&M took over three former jute factories. We returned to the Coddington area in May 1949 but it was not until November that we were able to take possession of our house at 123 Beacon Hill Road because the tenants had been reluctant to leave and my parents had to go to court to settle the matter. Keen to pursue engineering as a career, in mid 1951, after taking my GCE ‘O’ level examinations, I went to work for R&M, but continued my studies at Newark and Nottingham Technical Colleges, on a part-time basis.Ransome & Marles Ball Bearings Factory, provided components to all three Armed Forces during WWII, including the gun turrets of naval guns. The Air Raid of 7th March 1941. The factory is mentioned in a number of the Coddington oral histories, as a source of employment, as a supporter of leisure activities (Cricket Club) and of course for eyewitness accounts of the German air-raid in 1941. The reconnaissance photo for this raid taken 4th December 1940 (published in a book about the second world war in Newark) stretches as far as the borders of Coddington and includes the familiar outline of Coddington Hall (at that time incorporated into Winthorpe Airbase). An account of the raid of Friday 7th March, 1941 When two German planes bombed the works of Ransome & Marles 41 were killed with another 165 people injured making the incident Newark’s “Blackest Day” during the war. The 1st Alert was sounded at 13.35 when a Heinkel 111 made its 1st pass over the factory at 1,000 feet dropping 4 bombs. 2 hit the works, 1 hit the edge of the works and 1 hit the works shelter at the rear of Stanley Street. The works was also machine gunned. The plane made a further 2 passes over the factory causing more damage although one of its bombs failed to explode. Shortly after that the All Clear was sounded and rescue work began and the Home Guard cleared roads to allow ambulances to get through. At 14.24 the Alert was sounded and another enemy plane attacked the works while rescuers were assisting the casualties. It dropped 5 bombs but only 1 exploded causing a number of casualties and some damage, 4 bombs failed to explode. The All Clear was sounded at 14.51. 100 were treated at the works own underground hospital. During WWII Newark was attacked 8 times killing 43 people, but this was by far the worst raid. There is still a memorial plaque in the grounds of the factory to commemorating the victims which was put there by Chris Grant as Newark Town Mayor in 1991. Chris Father was killed in the bombing he was just age 5 at the time, R&M factory changed to RHP and is now NSK. The first raid was in 1940 to RAF Swinderby; RAF Winthorpe was attacked in Nov 1940 using parachute landmines for the first time, but although the runway was damaged there were no casualties. On Jan 30th 1941 two people were killed in an attack by a single plane, which dropped 14 bombs along the River Trent and Muskham Rd. A list of the 41 people (29 men and 12 women) who died as a result of the raid on Ransome and Marles Factory on 7th March, Friends of Newark Cemetery has been trying to raise awareness of the raid and are happy to get a proper memorial to 41 victims. An accessible place has been found at Newark Town hall next to the glass door at the foot of the staircase in an appropriate position for all to see. Eyewitness / Oral History accounts of the raid by Coddington residents Michael Sellars (People/Oral Histories) The day Ransome & Marles (R&M) was bombed I was at home because I was sick, In the early afternoon I was lying in bed and heard a plane. I looked out of the window to-wards Newark and saw a plane flying low and heard a ‘crump’ sound, followed by another. I went downstairs to tell my mother that I thought the plane was dropping bombs but my mother told me not to be silly and sent me back upstairs to bed. A while later, a neighbour called in to tell us that there had in fact been an air raid. My mother came upstairs to apologise and just then, we heard another plane go over. We looked out of the front bed-room window just in time to see a man, who was cycling to-wards Coddington, leap off his bicycle and take cover in the ditch which ran the down the side of the road. It would not have been a pleasant experience for him, if he landed in the water, because some houses up the road had arranged for the effluent from their cesspits to flow into the ditch so that they did not have to pump them out. The area was provided with a sewer main in mid 1951. The neighbour then called in again to advise us that the R&M factory had been hit and my mother became concerned because my father at the time was spending part of his work time at R&M Newark and the rest at R&M Bunny, which was in the process of being established. She also had concerns about my grandmother who lived on Beacon Hill, not far from the factory. As with most people, we did not have a phone in those days and the only way my mother could find out if my father and grandmother were all right was to go and find out. She asked me to get dressed and then, with my little brother in the pram, we walked to my grandmother’s house. It was about 5 p.m. by about this time and, just as we arrived at my grandmothers, a car pulled up at her neighbour’s house and a woman who was sobbing got out. The sobbing lady had just been advised that her husband had been killed in the raid. (This was presumably the wife of Frederick Richards ( Beacon Hill Rd, aged 32) or of Alfred Mayfield Rudge (84 Beacon Hill, aged 68)). My mother left my brother and myself with our grandmother while she went down to the entrance of the works but she was unable to learn anything. It was not until after 10 p.m. that my father came home. He had been at Bunny when the first raid took place and he had been called back to Newark to help make the bombed areas safe from further roof collapse and to cover over the machinery exposed by the raids in case it rained.
During 1956 ? 1958 I did my two years National Service in the RAF. After training as a radar technician, I was posted to Cyprus and Jordan. On completion of my National Service, I went back to R&M and continued studying part-time. By 1961 I was a Graduate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and I was offered a three years contract in Sydney with R&M Australia, which I accepted … Around this period, having now completed all the educational and industrial experience requirements for full membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, I was admitted as a Member and at the same time, became a Chartered Mechanical Engineer. When the contract ended I was asked to stay on with R&M Australia, which I did. However, by 1971, it became increasingly obvious that Ransome Hoffmann Pollard (as R&M had become) had no chance of being able to compete with the Japanese bearing companies and I looked around for an alternative position. Maureen Andrews (People/Oral Histories) Maureen remembers the air raid over Newark in the 2nd World War when Ransome and Marle’s Factory was bombed, she lost her uncle Wilfred Andrews amongst the fatalities. Another of Maureen’s uncles, Albert Thompson, was injured in Normandy and died in England from his wounds. He was the only soldier from Coddington to be killed in the 2nd World War. John Kirton (People/Oral Histories) I don’t remember a lot about the war as I was only 8 when it started, but I do remember bombs being dropped on Stapleford Woods as the Germans thought that it was a camouflaged munitions factory of course what they were looking for was Ransome and Marle’s at the bottom of the hill. They did bomb the factory in 1940, I actually saw them drop the bombs, myself and Ken Maltby –we were going home for dinner, as there were no school dinners in those days. We came out of school and this airplane came in low across the spinney, heading towards Newark. Ken said, ” that is a bloody funny Blenhiem” (that was a type of plane) and then we saw the markings and we realized it was a German plane. We went home as quickly as we could. We didn’t hear any bangs and it wasn’t until a little time later that we heard, they had bombed Ransome and Marles. We had incendiaries dropped in the village, I can show where one landed in the stackyard. Our Dad did not have to join up being a farmer, but to do his bit, he joined the A.R.P. (Air Raid Precaution) and he was an A.R.W. Air Raid Warden. They practiced running up and down the street with a barrel on a trolley to see how fast they could reach a fire. The oldest member of the crew was Jack Ingram. They patrolled the village in pairs my Dad pared with Uncle Walter. We always joked that they would be no good, but when the incendiary bombs landed in the stack yards they got there and put the fires out. Reverend Bully took his turn and did very well. Jack lived on Main Street and his house was Ist Aid Headquarters. The kids of the village helped with Sunday First Aid Practice. We were given tags on our wrists to say what injuries we were to be treated for. Well if the injuries were too severe we would be whipped into the ambulance and taken down to the hospital on London Road. We quite enjoyed that as we were given a biscuit and a bottle of pop as well as our ride in the ambulance. Nancy Sleight (People/Oral Histories)
She remembers the war when not very much happened until the two German planes flew over and dropped bombs on the Ransome and Marle?s factory which was making munitions. The children saw the planes from the school and were more excited than afraid.
Colin Smith remembers going on at weekends to help father . When war came in 1939 Len (Smith) was too old to be called up but his war effort was to build ‘gun turrets’ for the ministry of defence around Newark. ‘Bofors’ anti-aircraft guns were placed on these gun sites, they made a terrific noise when fired. Unfortunately they did not stop the German bombers bombing Ransom and Marles on the 7th March 1941. Comments left on the Webpage by Laurence Goff – Chairman of Friends of Newark Cemetery.
“Ransome and Marles bombing which will be the 70th anniversary next year on the 7th March 2011. Newark was attacked because of its significance to airfields and war work carried out within the area. The most significant attack was on Friday, 7th March 1941 when two German planes dropped a series of 10 bombs on and around Ransome and Marles who made ball bearings for naval gun turrets. A total of 41 people were killed 29 men and 12 women with a further 165 being injured. I have put these Websites together as a fitting Tribute in their memory. These are my own views and do not represent Newark Town Council or Friends of Newark Cemetery as Chairman. It has been built as a means of further promoting our cemetery and encouraging interested people to join the tribute. Our courageous heroes that will live on in our memories. I am Campaigning and want to see those who died remembered with a permanent Memorial at Newark Cemetery. During the 2nd World War there were a number of Polish stations within a few miles of Newark, from many of which operated squadrons of the Polish Air Force. A special plot was set aside in Newark Cemetery for Polish Air Force. A Memorial cross to the Polish airmen buried here was erected in the plot and unveiled on 14th July 1941 by President Raczkiewicz, ex-President of the Polish Republic and head of the war-time Polish Government in London, supported by General Sikorski, Commander in Chief of the Polish Forces and war-time Prime Minister. When both men subsequently died. General Wladyslaw Sikorski, who died when the aeroplane he was travelling in crashed over Gibraltar on the 4th July 1943.During the 2nd World War there were nearly a quarter of a million Poles in the Polish Armed Forces serving under British command. Today the Commission cares for the graves of nearly 4,500 Polish servicemen and women in 35 coutries around the World. Newark has had close links with Poland and the local Polish community, both here and in Nottinghamshire for many years. Many Poles came to England to help with the war effort and many chose to stay on and make this country their home. Newark’s place in Poland’s heart was cemented when the remains of Poland’s war time leader, General Wladyslaw Sikorski were entrusted to the town until his return to Krakow in 1993. From the British Commonwealth are also buried in Newark Cemetery, The Royal Australian Air Force 6 buried (RAAF), British Royal Air Force 44 (RAF), Canadian 17 (RCAF) New Zealand 3 (RNZAF) and Polish squadrons were formed within the Royal Air Force. Many Polish Airmen were flying Spitfires fighters for Britain’s Royal Force. 422 Polish Airman had been buried during the 2nd World War. Former Polish airmen stayed over after the war and married also chose their resting place as Newark cemetery, Nottinghamshire .” Charlotte Hall (People/Oral Histories) ‘In 1939, she married Cyril Hackett and they had one daughter, Patricia. Cyril was a foundry man and worked at Nicholsons, Ransome and Marles, and finally at Worthington and Simpsons. One day during the war, a car stopped alongside Audrey Patterson, a friend of Charlotte’s, who lived in Balderton and they asked for direction to get to Ransome and Marles, she was reluctant to answer, war time ‘Careless talk costs lives’ etc. The driver saw her reluctance to answer and told her ‘This is Gracie Fields in the back of the car’. Gracie was going to sing to the workers for Workers Playtime. Cyril who was a keen member of the Red Cross, worked there at the time, has a photograph of himself and Gracie Fields on a calendar. Cricket Club (People/Village Clubs) John Hallam recalls that during his short time as a Coddington player (before 1953, after which as an apprentice he joined the Ransome & Marle’s team) he opened the bowling with Fred Tomlinson, under Captain Owen Taylor. Peggy Campion (People/Oral Histories) Charles was a foreman joiner and wheelwright at Ransome and Marles and obviously was very handy.
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The Warsaw Uprising (1944) needed the support of the allies to provide food and munitions to the Polish Partisans (AK, Home Army), resulting in the Polish Government in London, appealing to Winston Churchill for assistance. After many discussions with the Allied Command and getting no help from Russia, who refused even to grant permission for allied aircraft to land in Russia, he ordered relief to be flown to Warsaw from Italy, which was some 100 miles less than that from England, but was told by General Durrant, that an airlift of 2000 miles there and back, would have no hope of success, in that the loss of aircraft flying over occupied territory would be tremendous! Although Churchill agreed with him, he nevertheless ordered the operation to be proceeded with. The task was allocated to 205 group, of which RAF Squadrons 148 and 178, SAAF 31 and 34 squadrons and Polish Special Services Flight 1586 were part. The losses were horrendous: for every ton of supplies delivered and recovered by the Polish insurgents one aircraft was lost (39 four-engine bombers total). The operation was called “Warsaw Concerto”. Annual Airbridge Memorial Service at Newark Cemetery is held on the the Last Sunday in September each year starting from the main gate on London Road, Newark 1:45pm to the Memorial. Annual All Souls at Newark Cemetery is held on the the Last Sunday in October each year starting from the main gate on London Road, Newark at 2:45pm to the Polish war graves service. 
Polish Airmen during the 2nd World War flying a Spitfire
Remembrance commemorates the sacrifices made and reminds everyone that the protection and care for the freedoms we enjoy and the lives of those who cannot defend themselves comes at a cost. This memorial website has been put together in the public interest as regular visit Newark Cemetery for many years. It has been dedicated to the thousands of people who’s resting place is in our beautiful and historic Cemetery for over 150 years. These website has been set up as a means of further promoting our Newark Cemetery and encouraging interested people to join the tribute.
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Chris Grant at Newark Cemetery, his father died at age 47 during the bombing of Ransome and Marles 70 years ago, we will remember them..
Ransome and Marles’ Factory was Bombed, Friday 7th March 1941. We will Remember the 41 that died in Newark-On-Trent. 29 men and 12 women were killed with a further 165 being injured.
Bomb horror at factory Newark-On-Trent in Nottinghamshire people can recall Wartime memories for the 70th the anniversary in 2011. The bombing of the Ransome and Marles factory in Newark when two Luftwaffe Heinkel bombers carried out separate raids on the Northern Road factory within an hour of each other at about lunchtime on March 7 1941. The raids cost 41 lives and the cost in terms of damage was put at £91,789. A German aerial photograph taken in October 1940 was later recovered. It was used in the planning of the raid, detailing the longitude and latitude of the factory. The first German bomber used the railway line from Grantham as a guide and dropped four bombs. Two hit the factory, where the tool room and grindery took the brunt of the blast. One bomb hit the air raid shelter, another landed in the road nearby. The plane then circled and dropped a fifth bomb, which hit the factory floor but failed to explode. Five bombs were dropped in the second attack. Only one exploded but caused casualties to rescue workers tending people injured in the first raid. The Germans reported a successful low-level bomb attack on a ball bearing factory in Newark. Thirty men and ten women were killed. One woman was never found and presumed dead. There have been reports over the years of sightings of her ghost in the factory. Mr Bill Midwinter of Valley Prospect, Newark, was a production control supervisor who had gone home for lunch on that fateful day, when the air raid sirens sounded. He recalls: “I was in London Road and saw a bomb drop. “The plane seemed low. “It was a terrible day, pouring with rain. “I do not think the bomber could get the height so the bomb did not explode.”Mr Midwinter, as a member of the factory defence unit, helped to guard the 1,000lb unexploded bomb he saw fall. He said: “We ended up guarding the bomb for several days until the Bomb Disposal Unit arrived. “We were given strict instructions that no one should attempt to touch it or go near it. “The bomb looked quite small when it was in the ground but when it was removed you could see how big it really was. “I have no doubts that if that bomb had gone off the factory would have been completely wiped out.” About 4,000 people worked at the factory during the second world war, and a chance conversation probably saved the life of Mr Bert Emerson of Keats Road, Balderton, who worked in the equipment drawing office. He said: “I was making my way down from the grindery to the tool room when I stopped for a chat. “I was showered in glass from the sheer impact of the bombing but even then I escaped without a scratch.”He remembered, as a 19 year old, helping to take a stretcher down to the underground hospital at the factory, when it was bombed for the second time. “I count myself lucky to have escaped,” he said. More than 100 people were initially treated at the underground hospital, and ambulances took 65 people to hospital. The underground hospital, 15ft under the factory’s carpark, was bricked up and forgotten about after the war. It came to light again last year when plans were drawn up to mark the factory’s 100th anniversary.Gallons of groundwater were pumped out before the hospital could be opened but the effort was worth it as the hospital attracted 3,000 visitors. A future use for the hospital as a venue for fire service training exercises has been suggested but until a decision is made it will remain closed. Many people who worked at the factory for years were unaware the hospital existed, but the vital contribution it made on March 7 1941 is unlikely to be forgotten.
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On Friday, 7th March 1941, the most well known of all raids on Newark-On-Trent took place, when the Ransome and Marles factory was bombed at 1.40pm. A single German Heinkell 111 bomber, flying so low that those on the ground could see its markings, approached from the south following the railway line. It dropped four high explosive bombs. Two of these landed on the works causing considerably damage, one on the road at the side of the factory and the other on an air raid shelter adjacent to Stanley Street. The plane machined gunned the site before circling, passing over the factory again and dropping another bomb. This did not explode. At 2.24pm another enemy aircraft approached dropped five more bombs but only one exploded, causing more damage and casualties, mainly rescue workers. As a result 29 men and 12 women were killed, 65 treated in hospital and 100+ treated at the works own underground hospital, which is still around but not in use. This day became known as “Black Friday.” We will Remember them RIP. Ransome and Marles changed its name to R.H.P. (Ransome, Hoffmann and Pollard) and is now called N.S.K. (Nippon Seiko K.K.)
We Will Remember the Ransome and Marles Bombing 41 were killed 30 are buried in Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire ,these graves are near the Commonwealth and Polish war graves at Newark-On-Trent
John Henry Green grave died at age 55 during the bombing of Ransome and Males his name is on the war memorial at the front off London Road , Newark
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Laurence Goff Pointing to John Henry Green and Ernest Beale names are on the war Memorial at Newark Cemetery.
They were killed in the Ransome and Marles bombing…
Polish contribution to the Allied victory in World War 2 (1939-1945) It was the only country to fight in the 2nd world war from the first to the last day of the greatest armed conflict to remember them to this day. The most important issue of the Polish contribution to the defeat of the enemy with determination, valor and perseverance.
Since the RAF loses still grew, the decision about forming two Polish bomber squadrons (300 and 301) as well as two Polish fighter squadrons (302 and 303) was made.
Training was performed very slowly. For a long time the British commanders did not believe the Poles could fly modern fighters.
They were detached to RAF squadrons and were excellent pilots. The first Polish pilot who shot a German airplane was F/O Antoni Ostowicz. It happened on July 19, 1940. But the most famous was Sgt. Antoni Glowacki – on August 24, 1940 he shot five German aircraft and became “the fighter ace” in one day.
Bomber Command WWII Bases: No. 300 (Polish) Squadron Bramcote : Jul 1940-Aug 1940 Swinderby : Aug 1940–Jul 1941 Hemswell : Jul 1941-May 1942 Ingham : May 1942-Jan 1943 Hemswell : Jan 1943-Jun 1943 Ingham : Jun 1943-Mar 1944 Faldingworth : Mar 1944 onwards RAF Station Winthorpe, No. 51 Base, was opened as a satellite station for RAF Swinderby. Early operations were mainly centred on the Polish squadrons 300 and 301, who usually flew Fairey Battles, operating from Winthorpe when Swinderby was water logged. Control of Winthorpe was passed to RAF Ossington and was used for a period as a Relief Landing Ground by No. 14 Pilots Advanced Flying Unit (PAFU) who had arrived at Ossington in January 1942. The Station was selected to investigate improvements to bombing techniques. A Bombing Officer was appointed to each flight and an all round effort from Flying Staff, Armament and Electrical Officers helped with the eventual achievement of worthwhile improvements. We certainly owe them a debt of gratitude.
Time to emphasized the heroism, bravery, valour and determination for freedom. Lest We Forget, Britain honoured its war dead. Tribute to British Commonwealth and Polish Sacrifice.
“It is important to recognise the sacrifices that our armed forces have made, and continue to make for our country.”
Lasting Tribute with Recognition to Remember them when Ransome and Marles Ball Bearing Factory was Bombed. On that Darkest day during the 2nd world war on 7th March 1941, This day became known as “Black Friday.”
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Flying the British and Polish flag over Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire
Remembrance commemorates the sacrifices made and reminds everyone that the protection and care for the freedoms we enjoy and the lives of those who cannot defend themselves comes at a cost.
It has been dedicated to the thousands of people who final resting place is in our beautiful and historic Newark Cemetery for over 150 years.
Lasting Tribute to British Commonwealth, Polish Airmen and Workers of Ransome and Marles bombing that are buried in Newark-On-Trent
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Ransome and Marles’ Factory was Bombed, we will Remember them that died in Newark-On-Trent with 29 men and 12 women were killed with a further 165 being injured. Newark was attacked regularly because of its significance to airfields and war work carried out within the area. The most significant attack was on Friday, 7th March 1941 when two German planes dropped a series of bombs on and around Ransome and Marles who made ball bearings for naval gun turrets. A total of 41 people were killed with a further 165 being injured. More on these can be found on these link.
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Tribute to their sacrifice
In Memory of
Private PHILIP WOOLFITT
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
NEWARK-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY
Cemetery:
NEWARK-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY
The British Commonwealth, Polish Sacrifice and Ransome and Marles bombing 70 years ago Friday afternoon 7th march 1941
British Commonwealth and Polish Airman together with other service men are buried in Newark Cemetery. Many came over during the2nd World war, Royal Australian Air Force, British from overseas, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force and Polish Airman and others. 
General Sikorski former resting place at Newark Cemetery until 13th September 1993.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-On-Trent is also important internationally, as it contains the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
A true sacrifice for Freedom is Remembered at All Souls Day held on the last Sunday in October each year at Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire.
Remembering the many Polish Airmen that were flying Spitfires with the Royal Air Force
Newark-On-Trent is also important internationally, as it contains the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
Newark-On-Trent is also important internationally, as it contains the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
Remembering the many Polish Airmen that were flying Spitfires with the Royal Air Force
Remembering the many Polish Airmen that were flying Spitfires with the Royal Air Force
Newark-On-Trent is also important internationally, as it contains the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
Newark-On-Trent is also important internationally, as it contains the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
Newark-On-Trent is also important internationally, as it contains the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
Newark-On-Trent is also important internationally, as it contains the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves.
Polish Airmen during the 2nd World War flying a Spitfire
Remembering the many Polish Airmen that were flying Spitfires with the Royal Air Force, and Commonwealth from RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF during the Battle of Britain, let’s pay tribute to these brave fighters for their contribution.
This unmistakable sound of the Spitfire over Newark-On-Trent
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Newark-on-Trent is important internationally, as it is home to the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves where there are many graves of Polish airmen who died during the second world war. Many Poles remained in the UK after the war, married and started families. Their resting place is also at Newark Cemetery.
We should remember the many Polish airmen who were flying Spitfires and bomber planes with the Royal Air Force, and Commonwealth pilots, during the Battle of Britain and pay tribute to them for their contribution.During Britain’s darkest hour, Polish pilots came to the UK and formed fighter squadrons that would operate during the Battle of Britain 70 years ago.RAF Winthorpe near Newark was established in 1940. It was a satellite station for RAF Swinderby over the border in Lincolnshire. Two Polish squadrons, 300 and 301, were based at Winthorpe. Polish contribution to the Allied victory in World War 2 (1939-1945) It was the only country to fight in the 2nd world war from the first to the last day of the greatest armed conflict to remember them to this day. The most important issue of the Polish contribution to the defeat of the enemy with determination, valor and perseverance. We must not forget the Polish airmen and those of the Commonwealth. They fought for freedom against the enemy and didn’t flinch.
We certainly owe them a debt of gratitude.
Laurence Goff, Friends of Newark Cemetery, Newark-On-Trent, Nottinghamshire.
Tribute to Polish sacrifice
Let us all Remember the many Polish Airmen that were flying Spitfires with the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain
Paying Tribute to these 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 424 are buried in Newark Cemetery.
Let us be grateful to the Polish airmen during the 2nd world war
We Will Remember Them Our Lasting Tribute
Guardian Angel Watching Over Newark Cemetery Each Day
Nottinghamshire 
Where would we be without them, they are appreciated There will always be men and women braver than ourselves 
British Commonwealth and Polish Airman buried in Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire during the 2nd world war 
Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire War Memorial 
Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire War Memorial
We will Remember them at Newark Cemetery in front on the Warsaw Uprising Memorial 
Let’s We will Remember them at Warsaw Uprising Memorial, Newark Cemetery
http://www.warsaw-life.com/poland/warsaw-1944-uprising
Lasting Tribute to British Commonwealth and Polish Airmen
Do not weep, I am happy in the next world
British Plane Flying over in Freedom 
British Plane Flying over in Freedom
War Memorial to the Fallen Richard Todd OBE
Richard Todd OBE Came to Newark-On-Trent to officially unveiled the Memorial to Fallen on 28th April 2007 at Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire. Actor in the Dam Busters and the Longest Day movies, WAR hero and film star died 4th Dec 2009 age 90.
Remembrance Day at Newark Cemetery 
War Memorial to the Fallen Richard Todd OBE Newark-On-Trent an officially unveiled the Memorial to Fallen on 28th April 2007 at Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire. Actor in the Dam Busters and the Longest Day movies, WAR hero and film star died 4th Dec 2009 age 90. 
Royal New Zealand Air Force Flight Sergeant John Bernard Kennedy Age 26 Buried in Newark Cemetery Sec R 298 Royal New Zealand Air Force Sergeant Desmond George Bradley, died on 21st October 1941, Age 22 Buried in Newark Cemetery Sec Q 300 New Zealand Air Force Flight Lieutenant James Cowan Age 30 Buried in Newark Cemetery Sec P 308
(In total 3 RNZAF died and resting place is in our cemetery) 
Lasting Tribute to British Commonwealth and Polish Airmen 
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Royal Australian Air Force Sergeant Frank Dunkin died on 9th April 1943, buried in Newark Cemetery Sec. P 311 Royal Australian Air Force Flight Sergeant Leonard Wentworth Lean died during 2nd World War and in Buried in Newark Cemetery Sec. P 310 A (In total 6 RAAF died and resting place is in our cemetery) 
Royal Canadian Air Force Sergeat Alexander Teryl Mc Millan Air Observer Died 21st Oct 1941 Age 24 Resting Place at Newark Cemetery Sec. Q 299 Royal Canadian Air Force Flight Sergeant Raymond David Lewis died on 10th April 1943 age 22, Buried in Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, Sec. B 310
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 establishement of the maple leaf flag we know today in 1965.
(In total 17 RCAF died and resting place at Newark Cemetery)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Sergeant Frederick George Bellchambers Flight Engineer died 1st October 1942, We will Remember them at Newark Cemetery Sec. P. Grave 306 Royal Canadian Air Force Flight Sergeant Albert Edward Hannay died on 12th March 1943 at age 24 Resting Place at Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire Sec. P 310
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Though they are hidden in the shadow of Death, their lives for others in the love of Freedom that never dies. In Memory of our Fallen Heroes, greater love hath no one then this, that one lay down your life for his friends and Country. We departed this life into the next, though they are hidden in the shadow of Death. Their lives for others in the love of serving our Country and Newark-On-Trent, Nottinghamshire. 
Polish Flag is posted at The Chapel Interpretation Newark-On-Trent, Cemetery, Nottinghamshire 
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ritish Commonwealth and Polish War graves Leaflet at The Chapel Interpretation Centre Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire UK
Many British Commonwealth helped thanks to Royal Australian Air Force (6 killed), British, Royal Canadian Air Force (17 killed), Royal New Zealand Air Force(3 killed) and Polish Air Force some (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. 
Royal New Zealand Air Force died Age 30 James Cowan DFC and Royal Canadian Air Force Died Age 23 T.H. Warne, Buried in Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire 
RAAF, RAF, RNZAF And RCAF were killed during the 2nd World War and are buried in newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire
I just wanted to add something to this very interesting site, I notice one of the 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 http://www.vimeo.com/14431980
A short clips of Newark Cemetery on the film, on photos of Herb’s funeral that were sent to his family in 1943.
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On the night of the 18th February 1943, Lancaster Bomber W4270 crashed during a training mission, resulting in the deaths of all seven of its crew. This is an account of that fateful night and the research that uncovered the airmen’s story. It is a tribute to their brave service and tragic sacrifice.
This is a cut down version of the original 35 minute piece*
6 ARAF – Australian, 44 British RAF and Servicemen, 17 CRAF – Canadian and 3 NZRAF – New Zealand were also killed during the 2nd World War and are buried in Newark Cemetery for all to see. If it hadn’t been for the courageous Polish Air Force we would have struggled and things could have turned out differently. These airmen helped us win the war for Freedom. 
War Memorial to the Fallen, we will Remember them 
Not enough credit is given to the Polish pilots who went out of their way to help us in the dark days of the 2nd World war. They never let us down to gain Freedom for us and should not be forgotten as our heroes of World War II. This memorial website is dedicated to the thousands of men and women from the 2nd World War. Memorial to the Fallen of Newark commemorating those military personnel who lost their lives in conflict since 1914 for over 94 years. 
This being the darkest days during the 2nd World war when 29 men and 12 women died with another 165 that were injured. When 10 bombs were dropped with 5 exploded on that Friday the 7th March 1941. 
The Battle of Britain was not just won by our brave Airmen, many thanks to the people around Newark that worked at Ransome & Marles Ball Bearings Factory. They provided components to all three Armed Forces, that needed parts for our Spitfires, Hurricanes, Lancaster bombers. 41 Were killed in the Ransome and Marles bombing, 41 were killed 30 are buried in Newark Cemetery Six graves near to the British Commonwealth Polish War Graves 
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Laurence Goff Friends of Newark Cemetery Chairman
Laurence Goff Visiting Graves 30 are Buried in Newark Cemetery, When 41 Were Killed at Ransome and Marles bombing.
http://newarkcemeteryuk.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/ransome-and-marles’-41-killed-by-enemy-action-during-a-bombing-7th-march-1941/ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=153850701312504&ref=ts 
Robert Grant died at age 47 during the Ransome and Marles’ Factory bombing On Friday 7th March 1941, let’s Remember them 2011 for the 70th Anniversary. His son Mr Chris Grant became Mayor of Newark 50 years later 1991-1992. RIP
http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=all&q=ransome+and+Marles+&m=text 
Lasting Tribute to British Commonwealth, Polish Airmen and Workers of Ransome and Marles Bombing
We will Remember them 
Crew killed and are buried in Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire
We would wish to acknowledge the generosity of the following local organization for their assistance in the production of this Comfort Book
The Grange House Hotel across from the London Road Cemetery Newark-On-Trent
E.Gill & Son Funeral Services, Newark
Lidsters of Worksop Ltd
Lincolnshire Co-Operative Funeral Service, Newark
Newark and Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society
If you would like to Sponsor our 3rd order of the book of support with reading of poems,quotations and passages from scriptures.
friendsofnewarkcemetery@yahoo.co.uk
Our spiritual Angle believed to act for us. A time to pray for our loss friends. Many believe that these supernatural beings watch over us and can also come to our spiritual and physical aid. Let’s also remember them in love, peace, joy also tranquility
John Henry Green is one 41 killed at age 55 when Ransome and Marles’ Factory was Bombed, we will Remember them that died in Newark-On-Trent with 29 men and 12 women were killed with a further 165 being injured. Newark was attacked regularly because of its significance to airfields and war work carried out within the area. The most significant attack was on Friday, 7th March 1941. Friday afternoon when two German planes dropped a series of bombs on and around Ransome and Marles who made ball bearings for naval gun turrets. A total of 41 people were killed with a further 165 being injured. More on these can be found on these link.
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/
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Supermarine Spitfire PV270
British Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
Andrzej Mierzejewski Polish Forces died age 20 Resting Place Newark-On-Trent
Main Gate on London Road, Newark Cemetery 
ZA WOLNOSC – FOR FREEDOM 
New Zealand Air Force 3 Killed During the 2nd World War and are Buried in Newark Cemetery. These Website is dedicated to the fallen and missing Airman from 1939-1945, we will preserve their Memories. You paid the ultimate Sacrifice for our Freedom http://www.flickr.com/photos/newarkcemeteryuk/5032411669/ 
We Will Remember them in Newark Cemetery 
Many thanks for your help and support 
We are Grateful to the Many Young Men that came over from the British Commonwealth 3 Died from Royal New Zealand Air Force RNZAF, 6 from Royal Australian Air Force RAAF and 17 Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF
The RCAF and their former Canada Flag, 17 Canadian Airman from the 2nd World War were killed and are Buried in Newark Cemetery.
Lasting Tribute 
Major General Tadeusz KLIMECKI, Chief of the Polish General Staff died with General Sikorski on the 4th July 1943
Lieutenant Jozef Ponikiewski died with General Sikorski on 4th July 1943 
Colonel Andrzej MARECKI, Chief of Operations Staff died with General Sikorski on 4th July 1943
4 July 1943: After tours of Gibraltar and festivities, General Sikorski departs for London at 11:00pm. After reaching only 100 feet, the plane began a slow dive into the sea. Only the pilot survived. All others died or were presumed dead on impact at 11:06pm. B-24C Liberator AL 523 Full List of Passengers: 1. General Władysław SikorskiPrime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of Poland 2. Zofia LeśniowskaChief of the Polish Women’s Auxiliary 3. Major General Tadeusz KlimeckiChief of the Polish General Staff 4.Colonel Andrzej MareckiChief of Operations Staff 5. Lieutenant Jozef PonikiewskiNaval A.D.C. 6. Adam KulakowskiPersonal secretary to Sikorski 7. Colonel Victor CazaletM.P., British Liason Officer 8.Brigadier J.P. WhitelyM.P. 9.Mr. W.H. Lock(Never found, presumed dead) 10. Mr. PinderHead of British Intelligence Service in the Middle East (his position was never revealed to General Sikorski) 11. Bombardier Gralewski (Joined the party at Gibraltar) Crew: 1. 1Lt Edward Maks Prchal Captain/1st Pilot 2. Squadron Leader W.S. Herring2nd Pilot (never found) 3. Warrant Officer L. Zalsberg Navigator 4. Sergeant F. Kelly Flight Engineer 5. Flight Sergeant C.B. GerrieRadio Operator/Air Gunner 6. Flight Sergeant D. HunderRadio Operator/Air Gunner (never found) 
Memorial to the Fallen Newark cemetery
Nottinghamshire
Lasting Tribute
Memorial to the Air Bridge of August 1944 British, Polish and South African help with the Warsaw Uprising which was said all Poles in Warsaw are to be killed, no prisoners. A further moment 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. The Warsaw Uprising (1944) badly needed the support of the allies to provide food and munitions to the Polish Partisans (AK, Home Army), resulting in the Polish Government in London, appealing to Mr Winston Churchill the Prime Minister for assistance. After many discussions with the Allied Command and getting no help from Russia, who refused even to grant permission for allied aircraft to land in Russia, he ordered relief to be flown to Warsaw from Italy, which was some 100 miles less than that from England, but was told by General Durrant, that an airlift of 2000 miles there and back, would have no hope of success, in that the loss of aircraft flying over occupied territory would be tremendous. Although Churchill agreed with him, he nevertheless ordered the operation to be proceeded with. The task was allocated to 205 group, of which RAF Squadrons 148 and 178, SAAF 31 and 34 squadrons and Polish Special Services Flight 1586 were part. The losses were horrendous, for every ton of supplies delivered and recovered by the Polish insurgents one aircraft was lost (39 four-engine bombers total). The operation was called “Warsaw Concerto”. 
Lasting Tribute at Newark Cemetery 
Remembrance Day at Newark Cemetery
Lasting Tribute 
Preserve the Memory in year to come 
Lasting Tribute to Polish Airmen
Lance Corporal Adam Cornelius, a very close friend, said: “Sean was an all round good guy. I will remember Sean best for his ‘Cheeky Chappy’ attitude to life both in and out of work. His death is a massive loss as he was an individual who had so much to give to others.” Lance Corporal Violino was married to Katey Anne and had eight-year-old twins from a previous marriage, Ellie and Lewis. He was an Army canoeist and regularly represented his regiment at rugby. His wife said: “Sean will be sadly missed for his infectious enthusiasm for life and his desire to be everyone’s friend. He was popular with everyone he met and was loved by friends and family alike. Sean was very proud to be a member of the Armed Forces, in particular the Royal Engineers. The world is a poorer place without Sean.” He was killed in an explosion during a routine convoy to transport vital engineering equipment to a Forward Operating Base in the Helmand province. Despite the best efforts of the Air Medical Emergency Response Team, Lance Corporal Violino was pronounced dead on arrival at the field hospital at Camp Bastion. Defence Secretary Des Browne said: “The death of Lance Corporal Violino is profoundly tragic. The Army has lost a highly professional soldier and his death is an immense blow to all who knew him. I hope that his family, friends and comrades will draw comfort from the fact that he died doing a job he clearly excelled at.” 
Memory to Lance Corporal Ivano ‘Sean’ Violino
We should Remember him and other.
Lance Corporal Ivano ‘Sean’ Violino his name has been added to the War Memorial to the fallen at Newark-On-Trent Cemetery off London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire. He will not be forgotten. 
Lasting Tribute, Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That a Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends. Lance Corporal Ivano Violino killed in Afghanistan.It is with immense sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Corporal Ivano Violino from 20 Field Squadron, 36 Engineer Regiment in southern Afghanistan on Monday 17th September 2007. 
Main Arch down the Main drive of Newatk Cemetery with two former Chapels since 1856
Memory to the fallen Lance Corporal Ivano ‘Sean’ Violino, 29 his good name has been added to Newark War Memorial to the Fallen. He went to school in Newark-On-Trent Nottinghamshire and whose family still live in the town. He was killed in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, on September 17, 2007, RIP
I’m PROUD to Support Our Brave Troops. Let’s stand as one, and show our Brave Boys & Girls, just how Proud of them we ALL are !! They ALL put their Precious Lives on the line 24/7/365 to ensure we remain living in the Freedom we can ALL take for granted, the least we can do, is show them how grateful we really are, and show them ALL, Love, Loyalty, Support, and most important of all Our RESPECT and God Bless ALL Troops and our Allies, and a massive THANK YOU. 
Flying the Flag in Tribute to Lance Corporal Ivano Sean Violino a Lasting Tribute and for others, Laurence Goff 
Lance Corporal Ivano Violino, known as Sean, was killed while serving in Afghanistan on Monday, 17th September, 2007, aged 29.He was described by his commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Wardlaw, as “experienced and dedicated … the very epitome of a modern professional soldier, who lived life to the full and gave his all to the Army, his comrades and to his family.” Lance Corporal Violino was born in Salford, Manchester. He joined the Army at 24 and, having completed combat and driver training, joined the Kent-based 36 Engineer Regiment in February 2003. He took part in Operation TELIC in Kuwait and was promoted to Lance Corporal in October 2004, receiving recognition for his high professional standards. At the start of 2007 he wascross-posted with 20 Field Squadron and took part in construction exercises in Canada. He arrived in Afghanistan on 2 September, 2007, and was the first fatality from his regiment.
Memory to Lance Corporal Ivano ‘Sean’ Violino Help for Heroes which was taken in Newark Market Place, we will Remember them. http://www.the-soldiers.co.uk/
Lance Corporal Ivano Violino, known as Sean
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Our Heroes in memory to the fallen Lance Corporal Ivano ‘Sean’ Violino, 29 his good name has been added to the war memorial at Newark-On-Trent Cemetery, RIP. He went to school in Newark-On-Trent and whose family still live in the town. He was killed in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, on September 17, 2007. RIP
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Lance Corporal Violino was commanding an FL12 Self-Loading Dump Truck on a routine logistics convoy, moving vital engineering equipment to a Forward Operating Base 19km north east of the town of Gereshk in Helmand province, when his vehicle was caught in an explosion. Despite the best efforts of the Air Medical Emergency Response Team who arrived on the scene shortly after the explosion, Corporal Violino was sadly pronounced dead on arrival at the field hospital at Camp Bastion. RIP 
Memorial to the Fallen in Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire
On 28th April 2007, Richard Todd OBE, officially unveiled the Memorial to the Fallen in Newark Cemetery .
Friends of Newark Cemetery is grateful to NSK and Newark Town Council, a Memorial has been put in place at Newark Town Hall on the ground floor as you walk up stairs to . Ransome & Marles of Newark will have a Lasting Tribute to the 41 Killed and 165 that where injured on that Friday 7th March 1941.
These being the darkest days during the 2nd World war when 29 men and 12 women died with another 165 that were injured. When 10 bombs were dropped with 5 exploded on that Friday the 7th March 1941. http://newarkcemeteryuk.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/ransome-and-marles’-41-killed-by-enemy-action-during-a-bombing-7th-march-1941/ 
Newark names of the World at side in the front of St. Mary Magdalene
Parish Church
Friends of Newark Cemetery are happy to use the Interpretation centre in the former Eastern Chapel
Cremated remains at Newark Cemetery
Looking over at Cremated Remains at Newark Cemetery
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l Edwards 
Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire has been open since 1856
In 1943 General Wladyslaw Sikorski died on July 4th 1943, when a Royal Air Force aircraft he was travelling aboard plunged into the sea seconds after take-off from Gibraltar.
1981 Newark town Mayor Councillor Jean Moore at General Wladyslaw Sikorski grave his wishes were remembered and on Thursday 15, July 1943, his body arrived in Newark and was taken to Holy Trinity RC Church on Parliament Street Newark, Nottinghamshire England. A Requiem Mass was held and the Catholic Church was guarded overnight. A Requiem Mass was held and the Catholic Church was guarded overnight. The following morning was Friday 16, July 1943 early Masses were held and members of the public were allowed to file past the coffin to pay their respects. Outside the Catholic Church, reporters from across the UK and BBC representatives set up their equipment on top of a nearby air raid shelter. A large crowd gathered in the Newark Streets to see the funeral procession, headed by the exiled Polish government and Newark Town Mayor Councillor Cyril Parlby. A guard of honour from the Polish Air Force was on hand. After General Silorski remains were exhumed from Newark Cemetery on 13th September 1993. He was taken Newark Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene overnight, then next day a farewell Mass before his return home to Poland. 
MoD approves exhumation of Polish soldiers to solve mystery of General Sikorski’s death – Telegraph http://t.co/Iw1qQJw
General Sikorski was Also Laid to Rest in Newark Cemetery From 1943-1993. A Memorial cross to the Polish airmen buried here was erected in the plot and unveiled on 14th July 1941 by President Raczkiewicz, ex-President of the Polish Republic and head of the war-time Polish Government in London, supported by General Sikorski, Commander in Chief of the Polish Forces and war-time Prime Minister. When both men subsequently died, General Sikorski (aged 62) in 1943 and President Raczkiewicz in 1947, they were buried at the foot of the Polish Memorial. General Sikorski’s It contains a memorial to Poland’s exiled war leader, General Wladyslaw Sikorski, who died when the aeroplane he was travelling in crashed over Gibraltar.
General Sikorski was buried at Newark on Friday 16thJuly, 1943, and it was his dying wish that his body should be returned to Poland when it was a free country. His remains were returned on 17th September 1993 A special plot was set aside in Newark Cemetery for RAF burials and this is now the war graves for people to see across the UK and the World. Former Airmen choosing to be buried since staying in England after the 2nd World War. Newark Cemetery also contains graves from the 1st world war scattered around the Cemetery.
Each year British and Polish servicemen honoured at Newark service, candles lit to honour the fallen on the last Sunday in October starting at 3pm from the main gate of Newark Cemetery UK. War veterans and civic dignitaries attended a service to honour the Polish servicemen who died during the 2nd World War. Lighting of candles were lit on each of the Polish graves at Newark Cemetery. During the service, conducted in both Polish and English, to mark All Souls Day. 
Pupils meet Olympic hero Newark 
Tribute to them at Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire I would like to say many thanks to Gail Edwards for giving me permission to you these poems and photos. 
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The Memorial at The National Memorial Arboretum, the UK’s Centre of Remembrance
The Memorial at The National Memorial Arboretum, the UK’s Centre of Remembrance
The Memorial at The National Memorial Arboretum, the UK’s Centre of Remembrance
Laurence Goff Tribute to Lance Corporal Ivano Sean Violino a Lasting Tribute and our British Troops
Mon Jun 28, 2010
Soldiers who have been helped by the Newark Patriotic Fund after being injured in Afghanistan were in the town’s of Newark in the Market Place to help raise money for the cause.
Local hero Newark Newark was attacked because of its significance to airfields and war work carried out within the area. The most significant attack was on Friday, 7th March 1941 when two German planes dropped a series of 10 bombs on and around Ransome and Marles who made ball bearings for naval gun turrets. A total of 41 people were killed with a further 165 being
injured. 
Cornelius Brown Historian of Newark-On-Trent, died over a 100 years ago in 1907, we will Remember
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William Oliver Quibell and Family are Buried in Newark Cemetery
Grave from the 1st World War, at Newark Cemetery. Service together for others and our Country
Memorial to the Fallen at Newark Cemetery Memorial, we will Remember them
Newark Cemetery Chapel Interpretation centre , we have displays of the history of Newark cemetery, Commonwealth, Polish, Ransome and Marles during the 2nd world war.
Link pages http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com/welcome.html http:/
/www.winthorpe.org.uk/the-history-of-winthorpe-airfield
www.aviationanoraks.co.uk/page5.html
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/W-Z/Winthorpe.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2009/05/15/air_museum_poles_feature.shtml
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Lasting Tribute to British Commonwealth
http://www.google.co.uk/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=newark+cemetery
http://www.google.co.uk/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=ramsome+and+marles
This website has been set up as a means of further promoting our Newark Cemetery and encouraging interested people to join the tribute. Together as a Fitting tribute who resting place is at Newark Cemetery.
Crew of Avro Lancaster ED823
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Wireless Operator
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Air Gunner
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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.
Now thanks to Lafarge and Nottinghamshire County Council the memorial will be unveiled during a special ceremony on the 68thanniversary 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 10th“.
The donated rock from Lafarge
The crew of the Lancaster bomber
Our beautiful and historic Newark Cemetery, London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire for over 150 years
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“From death springs life and from the graves of great patriots springs a great nation”.
Patrick Henry Pearse
“He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels”.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Friends of Newark Cemetery was set up in November 2005 with the aim of helping to improve the services and facilities of the Cemetery and to promote the site as
an attractive amenity to residents and visitors.
At our disposal we have the former Newark Cemetery Chapel, build in 1856 and renewed in 2010 (officially opened as an Interpretation Centre by the Newark Town Mayor on Saturday 11th September 2010).
*** Purpose of the Friends of Newark Cemetery:
To offer suggestions to the Newark Town Council on ways to improve the service and facilities of the Cemetery.
To provide input into the Cemetery Regulations.
To help identify problems with vandalism and other activities detrimental to the well-being of the Cemetery, and to work with Council to seek solutions to these problems.
To play an active part in assisting the Town Council with practical tasks such as litter-picking, painting seats, benches, open-days, etc.
To provide a welcoming presence and a source of help and information at the Cemetery during opening hours.
To act as guides for visitors to the Cemetery.
To collect feedback from visitors in the form of simple questionnaires.
To provide extra presence for the Cemetery site.
Any questions? Want to join the Friends of Newark Cemetery? Please contact us:
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Visitors are most welcome to the Chapel Interpretation centre at Newark Cemetery by Friends of Newark Cemetery organisation.
Our beautiful and historic Newark Cemetery, London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire for over 150 years since 1856
This memorial website is Laurence Goff personal views, I have put it together and do not represent Newark Town Council . 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 the tribute. This is a privately owned and maintained, not-for-profit, website which is supported privately, the content here is solely the responsibility of
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Honouring lives of past cadets | Newark Advertiser
1 Aug 2008 … Fourteen members of 1260 Squadron Newark Air Training Corps marched to the war graves, … led a service at the grave of Keith Couzin-Wood. … plaque for Sergeant Patton near the London Road entrance to the cemetery. …
Air Cadet Keith Rollason Couzin-Wood, the young cadet killed buried in
Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire
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Honouring lives of past cadets
Air cadet Joe Parkes (14) of Newark 1260 Squadron, lays a wreath at the grave of Keith Couzin-Wood, who was killed in a plane crash, aged 16, in 1942. Two former air cadets from different eras were remembered during a service at Newark Cemetery .
Air cadets, led by, left, Flight-lieutenant Mark Edwards and Pilot Officer Nick Squire, of the Newark squadron, march to the war graves section at Newark Cemetery.
Fourteen members of 1260 Squadron Newark Air Training Corps marched to the war graves, where the Newark team curate, the Rev Tim Pownall-Jones, led a service at the grave of Keith Couzin-Wood.
The service followed research by the cadets into the plane crash that killed him, aged 16, on July 29, 1942.
Keith, who was on his first flight, was in an RAF Hampden bomber from 408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, when it stalled and crashed soon after take off from RAF Balderton.
The crew, who also included another cadet, Geoffrey Hughes of Chesterfield, and two flying officers, were all killed.
It is hoped the memorial service, on the Saturday closest to Keith’s death, could become an annual event.
Mr Pownall-Jones said: “Those young men stood out because of their uniform and what that uniform still represents.
“The young men and women here today are champions of the same core values of the services.”
He said the values were teamwork, initiative, dedication and being young at heart, and that the first letters of those words spelt tidy. He said when the cadets checked their uniforms were tidy they should think of those values.
Cadet Andrew Tallis (13) lays a wreath in memory of Sergeant Michael Patton.
During a minute’s silence flags were lowered by corporal Sam Parkes (16) and Mr Robert Doyle, the standard bearer for Newark Royal British Legion.
Mrs Karen Grayson, the mother of a current cadet, Kristian Grayson, read a poem called Somebody’s Darling.
Cadet Joe Parkes (14) laid a wreath.
The Mayor of Newark, Mr Harry Molyneux, said: “The youngsters wanted to serve their country but little did they know what could happen to them. They were very brave.”
Keith was from Leigh-on-Sea and his father’s family were from Southwell and Normanton. The cadets tracked down Keith’s nephew, who is in his seventies and lives in Australia.
One of the pallbearers at Keith’s funeral was Mr Jack Stringer (85) of Grosvenor Road, Balderton. He was unable to attend the ceremony due to illness and was represented by his wife, Mrs Irene Stringer (83).
She said her husband, who was a corporal in the RAF stationed at Balderton, was sorry he could not be there.
The cadets also honoured Sergeant Michael Patton, a former cadet of the Newark squadron, who died in September 1996 when he fell from an RAF helicopter during an exercise over south Wales.
Cadet Andrew Tallis (13) laid a wreath beside a memorial tree and plaque for Sergeant Patton near the London Road entrance to the cemetery.
Mr Patton’s niece, Miss Natalie Henstock (24) of Newark, represented his family.
She said her grandparents, Mr and Mrs Brian Patton, of Bathley, who are Mr Patton’s parents, and her mother, Ruth Hughes, of William Street, Newark, who is Mr Patton’s sister, were unable to attend.
Mr Patton’s father-in-law, Mr Chris Grant, of The Park, Newark, attended along with his wife, Mrs Doreen Grant.
The cadets, who meet at their Sherwood Avenue headquarters on Tuesdays and Thursdays, are looking for adult helpers.
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Newark Town Mayor Cllr Bryan Richardson Speaks regarding the Polish during the 2nd World War around Newark Air Fieldshttp://t.co/NAr7m6xU
Tribute to British Commonwealth and Polish Sacrifice that are buried at Newark Cemetery
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM FOR OUR TOMORROW THEY GAVE THEIR TODAY Newark Cemetery is located on the south side of London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire. The main entrance, small car park near the main gate on London Road, Newark.
Chapel Interpretation Centre at Newark Cemetery {left side on the main drive off London Road} is opened each weekend from 2-4pm or by appointment. please contact Laurence Goff Chairman Friends of Newark Cemetery 01636-681878 or friendsofnewarkcemetery@yahoo.co.uk
Our beautiful and historic Newark Cemetery, London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire for over 150 years since 1856. This memorial website is Laurence Goff personal views, I have put it together. 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 the tribute.
Laurence Goff
Chairman
Friends of Newark Cemetery
friendsofnewarkcemetery@yahoo.co.uk
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Ransome and Marles Newark-On-Trent attack Friday 7th March 1941
Bert Emerson helped rescue other survivors of the bombing at Ransome and Marles Newark-On-Trent on 7th March 1941. The factory was targeted …
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Ransome & Marles unvailing of Memorial at Newark Town Hall 7th March 2011
Ransome & Marles unvailing of Memorial at Newark Town Hall on the 70th Anniversary 7th March 2011 www.youtube.com www.boundarysound.co.uk
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Laurence Goff Visits the Ransome & Marles Memorial at Newark Town Hall UK
Laurence Goff rall call of names from Ramsome and Marles Bombing on 7th March 1941.
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Newark Cemetery visiting grave relating to the Ransone and Marles bombing
1941 when two German planes dropped a series of bombs on and around Ransome and Marles who made ball bearings for naval gun turrets. A total of …
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This was a big part of our history in Newark-On-Trent during the Second Word War. Also was the most loss of life, with 41 that were killed and another 165 injured. Our recognition to always remember them at Newark cemetery at the Chapel Interpretation Centre which will be opened from 2-4pm with an exhibition in their memory.
Tours of Newark Cemetery by Laurence Goff by appointment
On 7th March 2011 we had Remember each one of them that died, 70 years ago in the bombing of Ransome and Marles Ball Bearings factory on that Friday afternoon. Friends of Newark cemetery are happy for this Permanent Memorial at Newark Town Hall at the foot of the staircase near the glass door.
We certainly owe them a great deal of credit that they so rightly deserve.
Ransome & Marles Memorial unveiled at Newark Town Hall
Relatives of those who died in the 1941 Ransome and Marles bombing in Newark were invited to attend the unveiling of a memorial marking the 70th anniversary of the tragedy. The memorial, being made by NSK Europe — the successors of Ransome and Marles — was unveiled at Newark Town Hall by Newark Town Mayor Councillor Tony Roberts MBE on Monday, March 7th 2011. The memorial featured a large chrome-plated bearing, of the type still made at the factory today, and an item of memorabilia salvaged from the bombing. The names of the 41 people killed are on a plaque on the memorial, which will be in the staircase entrance to the Town Hall, alongside the glass plaques bearing the names of aldermen, mayors and MPs of Newark.
Mr Chris Grant, a former Mayor 1991-1992 of The Park, whose father, Mr Robert Grant, died in the bombing, said: “I am very happy we have got a successful conclusion — it has been a long haul. “It seems to me that the position chosen is first class because I am sure the memorial is going to be seen by far more people there than anywhere else.” Mr Grant, a former mayor, said it would be a visible memorial to the most important wartime event in Newark. Although the names of those who died are recorded in a book in the parish church and on a plaque at NSK, there is no visual marker in the town. The chairman of the Friends of Newark Cemetery, Mr Laurence Goff, campaigned for a memorial. “It is a fitting tribute to something we feel strongly about,” he said.
Friends of Newark Cemetery organised an exhibition about the bombing at the cemetery chapel over 3 days, 70th anniversary has been remembered.
The chapel Interpretation is open from 2-4pm every weekend or by appointment, `please contact Laurence Goff 01636-681878 or by email:
laurencegoff4newark@yahoo.co.uk
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Ransome and Marles bombing will be Remembered at Newark Cemetery marking the 70th anniversary. Friends of Newark Cemetery chairman, Mr Laurence Goff, campaigned for a memorial. “It is a fitting tribute to something we feel strongly about, we have organised an exhibition about the bombing at the cemetery chapel on the weekend from 2-4pm or by appointment.
Newark-on-Trent Town Hall
“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” — Cynthia Ozick 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 Barnsdale 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, Edward E. Martin, aged 46 * 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 Will Remember the 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 )
Ransome and Marles 70 years ago on 7th March 1941
These was a big part of our history during the 2nd Word War, with the most loss of life with 41 killed and another 165 that were injured. It was a huge event we most remember them. 41 Flags to Remember the Fallen the Brave People at Ransome and Marles.
Laurence Goff Visits the Ransome & Marles Memorial at Newark Town Hall UK
Laurence Goff rall call of names from Ramsome and Marles Bombing on 7th March 1941.
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Newark Cemetery visiting grave relating to the Ransone and Marles bombing
1941 when two German planes dropped a series of bombs on and around Ransome and Marles who made ball bearings for naval gun turrets. A total of …
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Name |
Address |
Age |
Gender |
Died after AdmissionTo Hospital |
London Rd Cemetery Grave Ref No |
Date of Interment |
(1) Adams, George Harold Henry |
77 Millgate Newark |
45 |
M |
ED307 * Buried in Newark |
14.03.1941 Yes (Found) |
|
2) Andrew, Wilfred Evelyn |
48 Chestnut Avenue Newark |
39 |
M |
ED303 * Buried in Newark |
11.03.1941 Yes(Found) |
|
3) Ash, Olive |
14 Portland Street Newark |
31 |
F |
X |
EK253 * Buried in Newark |
14.03.1941 No Stone Found |
4) Ball, Bertie Augustus |
6 Newstead Avenue Newark |
18 |
M |
EQ207 * Buried in Newark |
13.03.1941 No Stone Marking Found |
|
5) Beale, Ernest Patrick |
38 Appletongate Newark |
27 |
M |
X |
WG288 * Buried in Newark |
13.03.1941 Yes Stone Marking Found |
6) Beaver, Edward |
15 Roseberry Hill Mansfield |
26 |
M |
X Mansfield Crematorium |
Buried in Mansfield Record Plot 21506 |
No Stone Marking Found |
7) Brown, Harold Vincent |
5 Charles Street Newark |
44 |
M |
EQ149 * Buried in Newark |
12.03.1941 Yes (Found) |
|
(8) Castle, Vivien Maud |
Elston Nr Newark |
18 |
F |
No Record |
||
9) Cooper, Winifred Hall |
12 Pinfold Lane Balderton |
30 |
F |
X |
Record * Buried in St Giles Church |
Found in Balderton |
10) Cottam, Edna May |
27 William Street Newark |
19 |
F |
WT303 * Buried in Newark |
13.03.1941 Yes(Found) |
|
11) Cummings, Gladys |
42 Welbeck Avenue Newark |
21 |
F |
X |
ED305 * Buried in Newark |
15.03.1941 Yes (Found) |
12) Dixey, William Joseph |
65 Bowbridge Road Newark |
62 |
M |
EO145 * Buried in Newark |
12.03.1941 Yes (Found) |
|
13) Fowler Frederick |
Long Street Great Gonerby, Grantham |
39 |
M |
X |
No Record |
|
14) Godridge George William |
28 Lime Grove Newark |
29 |
M |
X |
EH247 * Buried in Newark |
14.03.1941 No Stone Found |
15) Grant, Robert Barnsdale |
3 Sleaford Road Newark |
47 |
M |
EG237 * Buried in Newark |
Yes (Found) |
|
16) Green, John Henry |
9 Marton Road Newark |
55 |
M |
WG308 * Buried in Newark |
11.03.1941 Yes(Found) |
|
17) Grocock, Horace |
115 Millgate Newark |
47 |
M |
X |
Buried In Barnby- in- the- Willows |
|
18) Gyde, Albert Robert |
60A Barnbygate Newark |
42 |
M |
X |
WS305 * Buried in Newark |
13.03.1941 Yes Found |
19) Hall, Rose Ellen |
19 Long Row Newark |
30 |
F |
X |
EI151 * Buried in Newark |
13.03.1941 No Stone Marking Found |
20) Hanger, James |
6 Cedar Avenue Newark |
29 |
M |
WR300 * Buried in Newark |
Yes (Found) |
|
21) Hardie, Thomas McHugh |
56 Milton Street Newark |
26 |
M |
ED304 * Buried in Newark |
12.03.1941 Yes (Found) |
|
22) Hayden, Sybil Harriet |
Ivy Farm Kirklington |
34 |
F |
X |
No Record |
|
23) Kirton, Joyne May |
21 Guildhall Street Newark |
18 |
F |
No Record Not found |
||
24) Lambert, Lily |
59 Bowbridge Road Newark |
22 |
F |
EH249 * Buried in Newark |
11.03.1941 No Stone Marking Found |
|
25) Lambley, George Felix |
Marton Road Newark |
39 |
M |
WD178 * Buried in Newark |
11.03.1941 Yes Found |
|
26) Makins, Edith |
Green South Collingham Church |
21 |
F |
Record South Collingham |
||
27) Mann, Frederick William |
“Manville” New Balderton |
46 |
M |
X |
EG238 * Buried in Newark |
13.03.1941 No Marking or Stone |
28) Markwell, Frederick, |
114 Hawton Lane New Balderton |
50 |
M |
Record Balderton ? |
Not Located |
|
29) Martin, Claude |
33 Bowbridge Road Newark |
36 |
M |
WT178 * Buried in Newark |
12.03.1941 Yes (Found) |
|
30) Martin, Edward E |
46 Newton Street Newark |
46 |
M |
Record * Buried in Newark |
(L) Yes Found |
|
31) Naylor, Richard |
162 Barnbygate Newark |
25 |
M |
WC175 * Buried in Newark |
11.03.1941 No Stone Marking Found |
|
32) Packwood, Frederick William |
56 Appletongate Newark |
52 |
M |
WS304 * Buried in Newark |
12.03.1941 Yes Found and located |
|
33) Pepper, William Thomas |
7 Norwell Road Caunton Nr Newark |
18 |
M |
No Record |
||
34) Richards, Frederick |
Beacon Hill Road Newark |
32 |
M |
X |
WL306 C * Buried in Newark |
12.03.1941 No Stone Marking Found |
35) Ridge, Alfred Mayfield |
84 Beacon Hill Newark |
68 |
M |
WF309 C * Buried in Newark |
13.03.1941 No Stone Marking Found |
|
36) Senior, Reginald William |
8 Middleton Road Newark |
35 |
M |
X |
WQ305 * Buried in Newark |
12.03.1941 Yes found and Located |
37) Swanwick, George |
4 Vernon Avenue Newark |
38 |
M |
EQ252 * Buried in Newark |
12.03.1941 No Stone Marking Found |
|
38) Trueblood, Nora |
42 William Street Newark |
34 |
F |
X |
WP305 * Buried in Newark |
14.03.1941 Found and Located |
39) Varney, Esther Evelyn *( was never found) |
9 Wilson Street Newark |
19 |
F |
No Record RIP |
Her Body was never found |
|
40) Warner, William |
9 Grove Street New Balderton |
51 |
M |
X |
WB282 * Buried in Newark |
13.03.1941 Yes Tombstone Found |
41) Worrell, Arthur |
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Also Lasting Tribute with Recognition to Remember them when Ransome and Marles Ball Bearing Factory was Bombed. On that Darkest day during the 2nd world war on 7th March 1941, This day became known as “Black Friday.”
This was a big part of our history in Newark-On-Trent during the Second Word War, with the most loss of life, with 41 killed and another 165 injured.
We certainly owe them a debt of gratitude.
A memorial in Newark around the 70th anniversary on 7th March 2011 is taken place at Newark Town Hall. Ransome and Marles factory workers in Newark-On-Trent will be remembered once again. By Preserving the ultimate sacrifice with their memories for years to come, we will remember them.
( * Buried in Newark Cemetery 30 in total) ( O No Tombstone )
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 Baldsdale 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 *
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 * O
41 Arthur Worrell, aged 31 *
On Friday, 7th March 1941, Ransome and Marles bearing factory was bombed. This was the most notable incident of enemy action in the town. The type of work carried out at the factory made it an obvious target for the Germans. It was shortly after 1pm, the sirens had already sounded, when there was a rattle of machine gun fire and the drone of an aircraft engine. Visibility was bad, but people in the streets suddenly saw the raider, an Heinkel 111 bomber, dive through the low clouds and almost immediately release 4 bombs. Two of these landed in the works, one on the road at the side of the factory, and one on an air raid shelter adjacent to Stanley Street. One of the witnesses was Mike Wright age 4 years. There was a constant chatter of machine gun fire from both the raider and the defenders, until the plane reached the sanctuary of the clouds. Civil defense, a network of voluntary groups dedicated to saving life and alleviating suffering came on the seen.
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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.
Ransome and Marles Stanley factory (later RHP and now owned by NSK)
During WWI women replaced many factory workers – in Newark women worked in Ransome & Marles and Wothington & Simpsons factories making munitions, Mumby & Sons making uniforms and Coopers making parachutes.
The Ransome Brass Band was formed on the 1st November 1937 as the works band of Ransome and Marles. In 1939 the Ransome and Marles Band made the first of over 500 radio broadcasts – many were broadcast direct from the works canteen via a BBC direct radio link. These popular broadcasts included favourites such as “Music While You Work”, “Workers’ Playtime”, “Friday Night Is Music Night” and “Strike Up the Band”. See Charlotte Hall’s oral history, and the band’s website.
A few weeks later, in May 1941, we moved to Bunny so that my father could concentrate on helping to establish the new factory. We only stayed at Bunny until November 1942 when we moved to Dundee in Scotland, where R&M took over three former jute factories. We returned to the Coddington area in May 1949 but it was not until November that we were able to take possession of our house at 123 Beacon Hill Road because the tenants had been reluctant to leave and my parents had to go to court to settle the matter. Keen to pursue engineering as a career, in mid 1951, after taking my GCE ‘O’ level examinations, I went to work for R&M, but continued my studies at Newark and Nottingham Technical Colleges, on a part-time basis.Ransome & Marles Ball Bearings Factory, provided components to all three Armed Forces during WWII, including the gun turrets of naval guns. The Air Raid of 7th March 1941. The factory is mentioned in a number of the Coddington oral histories, as a source of employment, as a supporter of leisure activities (Cricket Club) and of course for eyewitness accounts of the German air-raid in 1941. The reconnaissance photo for this raid taken 4th December 1940 (published in a book about the second world war in Newark) stretches as far as the borders of Coddington and includes the familiar outline of Coddington Hall (at that time incorporated into Winthorpe Airbase). An account of the raid of Friday 7th March, 1941 When two German planes bombed the works of Ransome & Marles 41 were killed with another 165 people injured making the incident Newark’s “Blackest Day” during the war. The 1st Alert was sounded at 13.35 when a Heinkel 111 made its 1st pass over the factory at 1,000 feet dropping 4 bombs. 2 hit the works, 1 hit the edge of the works and 1 hit the works shelter at the rear of Stanley Street. The works was also machine gunned. The plane made a further 2 passes over the factory causing more damage although one of its bombs failed to explode. Shortly after that the All Clear was sounded and rescue work began and the Home Guard cleared roads to allow ambulances to get through. At 14.24 the Alert was sounded and another enemy plane attacked the works while rescuers were assisting the casualties. It dropped 5 bombs but only 1 exploded causing a number of casualties and some damage, 4 bombs failed to explode. The All Clear was sounded at 14.51. 100 were treated at the works own underground hospital. During WWII Newark was attacked 8 times killing 43 people, but this was by far the worst raid. There is still a memorial plaque in the grounds of the factory to commemorating the victims which was put there by Chris Grant as Newark Town Mayor in 1991. Chris Father was killed in the bombing he was just age 5 at the time, R&M factory changed to RHP and is now NSK. The first raid was in 1940 to RAF Swinderby; RAF Winthorpe was attacked in Nov 1940 using parachute landmines for the first time, but although the runway was damaged there were no casualties. On Jan 30th 1941 two people were killed in an attack by a single plane, which dropped 14 bombs along the River Trent and Muskham Rd. A list of the 41 people (29 men and 12 women) who died as a result of the raid on Ransome and Marles Factory on 7th March, Friends of Newark Cemetery has been trying to raise awareness of the raid and are happy to get a proper memorial to 41 victims. An accessible place has been found at Newark Town hall next to the glass door at the foot of the staircase in an appropriate position for all to see. Eyewitness / Oral History accounts of the raid by Coddington residents Michael Sellars (People/Oral Histories) The day Ransome & Marles (R&M) was bombed I was at home because I was sick, In the early afternoon I was lying in bed and heard a plane. I looked out of the window to-wards Newark and saw a plane flying low and heard a ‘crump’ sound, followed by another. I went downstairs to tell my mother that I thought the plane was dropping bombs but my mother told me not to be silly and sent me back upstairs to bed. A while later, a neighbour called in to tell us that there had in fact been an air raid. My mother came upstairs to apologise and just then, we heard another plane go over. We looked out of the front bed-room window just in time to see a man, who was cycling to-wards Coddington, leap off his bicycle and take cover in the ditch which ran the down the side of the road. It would not have been a pleasant experience for him, if he landed in the water, because some houses up the road had arranged for the effluent from their cesspits to flow into the ditch so that they did not have to pump them out. The area was provided with a sewer main in mid 1951. The neighbour then called in again to advise us that the R&M factory had been hit and my mother became concerned because my father at the time was spending part of his work time at R&M Newark and the rest at R&M Bunny, which was in the process of being established. She also had concerns about my grandmother who lived on Beacon Hill, not far from the factory. As with most people, we did not have a phone in those days and the only way my mother could find out if my father and grandmother were all right was to go and find out. She asked me to get dressed and then, with my little brother in the pram, we walked to my grandmother’s house. It was about 5 p.m. by about this time and, just as we arrived at my grandmothers, a car pulled up at her neighbour’s house and a woman who was sobbing got out. The sobbing lady had just been advised that her husband had been killed in the raid. (This was presumably the wife of Frederick Richards ( Beacon Hill Rd, aged 32) or of Alfred Mayfield Rudge (84 Beacon Hill, aged 68)). My mother left my brother and myself with our grandmother while she went down to the entrance of the works but she was unable to learn anything. It was not until after 10 p.m. that my father came home. He had been at Bunny when the first raid took place and he had been called back to Newark to help make the bombed areas safe from further roof collapse and to cover over the machinery exposed by the raids in case it rained.
During 1956 ? 1958 I did my two years National Service in the RAF. After training as a radar technician, I was posted to Cyprus and Jordan. On completion of my National Service, I went back to R&M and continued studying part-time. By 1961 I was a Graduate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and I was offered a three years contract in Sydney with R&M Australia, which I accepted … Around this period, having now completed all the educational and industrial experience requirements for full membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, I was admitted as a Member and at the same time, became a Chartered Mechanical Engineer. When the contract ended I was asked to stay on with R&M Australia, which I did. However, by 1971, it became increasingly obvious that Ransome Hoffmann Pollard (as R&M had become) had no chance of being able to compete with the Japanese bearing companies and I looked around for an alternative position. Maureen Andrews (People/Oral Histories) Maureen remembers the air raid over Newark in the 2nd World War when Ransome and Marle’s Factory was bombed, she lost her uncle Wilfred Andrews amongst the fatalities. Another of Maureen’s uncles, Albert Thompson, was injured in Normandy and died in England from his wounds. He was the only soldier from Coddington to be killed in the 2nd World War. John Kirton (People/Oral Histories) I don’t remember a lot about the war as I was only 8 when it started, but I do remember bombs being dropped on Stapleford Woods as the Germans thought that it was a camouflaged munitions factory of course what they were looking for was Ransome and Marle’s at the bottom of the hill. They did bomb the factory in 1940, I actually saw them drop the bombs, myself and Ken Maltby –we were going home for dinner, as there were no school dinners in those days. We came out of school and this airplane came in low across the spinney, heading towards Newark. Ken said, ” that is a bloody funny Blenhiem” (that was a type of plane) and then we saw the markings and we realized it was a German plane. We went home as quickly as we could. We didn’t hear any bangs and it wasn’t until a little time later that we heard, they had bombed Ransome and Marles. We had incendiaries dropped in the village, I can show where one landed in the stackyard. Our Dad did not have to join up being a farmer, but to do his bit, he joined the A.R.P. (Air Raid Precaution) and he was an A.R.W. Air Raid Warden. They practiced running up and down the street with a barrel on a trolley to see how fast they could reach a fire. The oldest member of the crew was Jack Ingram. They patrolled the village in pairs my Dad pared with Uncle Walter. We always joked that they would be no good, but when the incendiary bombs landed in the stack yards they got there and put the fires out. Reverend Bully took his turn and did very well. Jack lived on Main Street and his house was Ist Aid Headquarters. The kids of the village helped with Sunday First Aid Practice. We were given tags on our wrists to say what injuries we were to be treated for. Well if the injuries were too severe we would be whipped into the ambulance and taken down to the hospital on London Road. We quite enjoyed that as we were given a biscuit and a bottle of pop as well as our ride in the ambulance. Nancy Sleight (People/Oral Histories)
She remembers the war when not very much happened until the two German planes flew over and dropped bombs on the Ransome and Marle?s factory which was making munitions. The children saw the planes from the school and were more excited than afraid.
Colin Smith remembers going on at weekends to help father . When war came in 1939 Len (Smith) was too old to be called up but his war effort was to build ‘gun turrets’ for the ministry of defence around Newark. ‘Bofors’ anti-aircraft guns were placed on these gun sites, they made a terrific noise when fired. Unfortunately they did not stop the German bombers bombing Ransom and Marles on the 7th March 1941. Comments left on the Webpage by Laurence Goff – Chairman of Friends of Newark Cemetery.
“Ransome and Marles bombing which will be the 70th anniversary next year on the 7th March 2011. Newark was attacked because of its significance to airfields and war work carried out within the area. The most significant attack was on Friday, 7th March 1941 when two German planes dropped a series of 10 bombs on and around Ransome and Marles who made ball bearings for naval gun turrets. A total of 41 people were killed 29 men and 12 women with a further 165 being injured. I have put these Websites together as a fitting Tribute in their memory. These are my own views and do not represent Newark Town Council or Friends of Newark Cemetery as Chairman. It has been built as a means of further promoting our cemetery and encouraging interested people to join the tribute. Our courageous heroes that will live on in our memories. I am Campaigning and want to see those who died remembered with a permanent Memorial at Newark Cemetery. During the 2nd World War there were a number of Polish stations within a few miles of Newark, from many of which operated squadrons of the Polish Air Force. A special plot was set aside in Newark Cemetery for Polish Air Force. A Memorial cross to the Polish airmen buried here was erected in the plot and unveiled on 14th July 1941 by President Raczkiewicz, ex-President of the Polish Republic and head of the war-time Polish Government in London, supported by General Sikorski, Commander in Chief of the Polish Forces and war-time Prime Minister. When both men subsequently died. General Wladyslaw Sikorski, who died when the aeroplane he was travelling in crashed over Gibraltar on the 4th July 1943.During the 2nd World War there were nearly a quarter of a million Poles in the Polish Armed Forces serving under British command. Today the Commission cares for the graves of nearly 4,500 Polish servicemen and women in 35 coutries around the World. Newark has had close links with Poland and the local Polish community, both here and in Nottinghamshire for many years. Many Poles came to England to help with the war effort and many chose to stay on and make this country their home. Newark’s place in Poland’s heart was cemented when the remains of Poland’s war time leader, General Wladyslaw Sikorski were entrusted to the town until his return to Krakow in 1993. From the British Commonwealth are also buried in Newark Cemetery, The Royal Australian Air Force 6 buried (RAAF), British Royal Air Force 44 (RAF), Canadian 17 (RCAF) New Zealand 3 (RNZAF) and Polish squadrons were formed within the Royal Air Force. Many Polish Airmen were flying Spitfires fighters for Britain’s Royal Force. 422 Polish Airman had been buried during the 2nd World War. Former Polish airmen stayed over after the war and married also chose their resting place as Newark cemetery, Nottinghamshire .” Charlotte Hall (People/Oral Histories) ‘In 1939, she married Cyril Hackett and they had one daughter, Patricia. Cyril was a foundry man and worked at Nicholsons, Ransome and Marles, and finally at Worthington and Simpsons. One day during the war, a car stopped alongside Audrey Patterson, a friend of Charlotte’s, who lived in Balderton and they asked for direction to get to Ransome and Marles, she was reluctant to answer, war time ‘Careless talk costs lives’ etc. The driver saw her reluctance to answer and told her ‘This is Gracie Fields in the back of the car’. Gracie was going to sing to the workers for Workers Playtime. Cyril who was a keen member of the Red Cross, worked there at the time, has a photograph of himself and Gracie Fields on a calendar. Cricket Club (People/Village Clubs) John Hallam recalls that during his short time as a Coddington player (before 1953, after which as an apprentice he joined the Ransome & Marle’s team) he opened the bowling with Fred Tomlinson, under Captain Owen Taylor. Peggy Campion (People/Oral Histories) Charles was a foreman joiner and wheelwright at Ransome and Marles and obviously was very handy.
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The Warsaw Uprising (1944) needed the support of the allies to provide food and munitions to the Polish Partisans (AK, Home Army), resulting in the Polish Government in London, appealing to Winston Churchill for assistance. After many discussions with the Allied Command and getting no help from Russia, who refused even to grant permission for allied aircraft to land in Russia, he ordered relief to be flown to Warsaw from Italy, which was some 100 miles less than that from England, but was told by General Durrant, that an airlift of 2000 miles there and back, would have no hope of success, in that the loss of aircraft flying over occupied territory would be tremendous! Although Churchill agreed with him, he nevertheless ordered the operation to be proceeded with. The task was allocated to 205 group, of which RAF Squadrons 148 and 178, SAAF 31 and 34 squadrons and Polish Special Services Flight 1586 were part. The losses were horrendous: for every ton of supplies delivered and recovered by the Polish insurgents one aircraft was lost (39 four-engine bombers total). The operation was called “Warsaw Concerto”. Annual Airbridge Memorial Service at Newark Cemetery is held on the the Last Sunday in September each year starting from the main gate on London Road, Newark 1:45pm to the Memorial. Annual All Souls at Newark Cemetery is held on the the Last Sunday in October each year starting from the main gate on London Road, Newark at 2:45pm to the Polish war graves service.
Polish Airmen during the 2nd World War flying a Spitfire
Remembrance commemorates the sacrifices made and reminds everyone that the protection and care for the freedoms we enjoy and the lives of those who cannot defend themselves comes at a cost. This memorial website has been put together in the public interest as regular visit Newark Cemetery for many years. It has been dedicated to the thousands of people who’s resting place is in our beautiful and historic Cemetery for over 150 years. These website has been set up as a means of further promoting our Newark Cemetery and encouraging interested people to join the tribute.
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Chris Grant at Newark Cemetery, his father died at age 47 during the bombing of Ransome and Marles 70 years ago, we will remember them..
Ransome and Marles’ Factory was Bombed, Friday 7th March 1941. We will Remember the 41 that died in Newark-On-Trent. 29 men and 12 women were killed with a further 165 being injured.
Bomb horror at factory Newark-On-Trent in Nottinghamshire people can recall Wartime memories for the 70th the anniversary in 2011. The bombing of the Ransome and Marles factory in Newark when two Luftwaffe Heinkel bombers carried out separate raids on the Northern Road factory within an hour of each other at about lunchtime on March 7 1941. The raids cost 41 lives and the cost in terms of damage was put at £91,789. A German aerial photograph taken in October 1940 was later recovered. It was used in the planning of the raid, detailing the longitude and latitude of the factory. The first German bomber used the railway line from Grantham as a guide and dropped four bombs. Two hit the factory, where the tool room and grindery took the brunt of the blast. One bomb hit the air raid shelter, another landed in the road nearby. The plane then circled and dropped a fifth bomb, which hit the factory floor but failed to explode. Five bombs were dropped in the second attack. Only one exploded but caused casualties to rescue workers tending people injured in the first raid. The Germans reported a successful low-level bomb attack on a ball bearing factory in Newark. Thirty men and ten women were killed. One woman was never found and presumed dead. There have been reports over the years of sightings of her ghost in the factory. Mr Bill Midwinter of Valley Prospect, Newark, was a production control supervisor who had gone home for lunch on that fateful day, when the air raid sirens sounded. He recalls: “I was in London Road and saw a bomb drop. “The plane seemed low. “It was a terrible day, pouring with rain. “I do not think the bomber could get the height so the bomb did not explode.”Mr Midwinter, as a member of the factory defence unit, helped to guard the 1,000lb unexploded bomb he saw fall. He said: “We ended up guarding the bomb for several days until the Bomb Disposal Unit arrived. “We were given strict instructions that no one should attempt to touch it or go near it. “The bomb looked quite small when it was in the ground but when it was removed you could see how big it really was. “I have no doubts that if that bomb had gone off the factory would have been completely wiped out.” About 4,000 people worked at the factory during the second world war, and a chance conversation probably saved the life of Mr Bert Emerson of Keats Road, Balderton, who worked in the equipment drawing office. He said: “I was making my way down from the grindery to the tool room when I stopped for a chat. “I was showered in glass from the sheer impact of the bombing but even then I escaped without a scratch.”He remembered, as a 19 year old, helping to take a stretcher down to the underground hospital at the factory, when it was bombed for the second time. “I count myself lucky to have escaped,” he said. More than 100 people were initially treated at the underground hospital, and ambulances took 65 people to hospital. The underground hospital, 15ft under the factory’s carpark, was bricked up and forgotten about after the war. It came to light again last year when plans were drawn up to mark the factory’s 100th anniversary.Gallons of groundwater were pumped out before the hospital could be opened but the effort was worth it as the hospital attracted 3,000 visitors. A future use for the hospital as a venue for fire service training exercises has been suggested but until a decision is made it will remain closed. Many people who worked at the factory for years were unaware the hospital existed, but the vital contribution it made on March 7 1941 is unlikely to be forgotten.
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On Friday, 7th March 1941, the most well known of all raids on Newark-On-Trent took place, when the Ransome and Marles factory was bombed at 1.40pm. A single German Heinkell 111 bomber, flying so low that those on the ground could see its markings, approached from the south following the railway line. It dropped four high explosive bombs. Two of these landed on the works causing considerably damage, one on the road at the side of the factory and the other on an air raid shelter adjacent to Stanley Street. The plane machined gunned the site before circling, passing over the factory again and dropping another bomb. This did not explode. At 2.24pm another enemy aircraft approached dropped five more bombs but only one exploded, causing more damage and casualties, mainly rescue workers. As a result 29 men and 12 women were killed, 65 treated in hospital and 100+ treated at the works own underground hospital, which is still around but not in use. This day became known as “Black Friday.” We will Remember them RIP. Ransome and Marles changed its name to R.H.P. (Ransome, Hoffmann and Pollard) and is now called N.S.K. (Nippon Seiko K.K.)
We Will Remember the Ransome and Marles Bombing 41 were killed 30 are buried in Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire ,these graves are near the Commonwealth and Polish war graves at Newark-On-Trent
John Henry Green grave died at age 55 during the bombing of Ransome and Males his name is on the war memorial at the front off London Road , Newark
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Laurence Goff Pointing to John Henry Green and Ernest Beale names are on the war Memorial at Newark Cemetery.
They were killed in the Ransome and Marles bombing…
Polish contribution to the Allied victory in World War 2 (1939-1945) It was the only country to fight in the 2nd world war from the first to the last day of the greatest armed conflict to remember them to this day. The most important issue of the Polish contribution to the defeat of the enemy with determination, valor and perseverance.
Since the RAF loses still grew, the decision about forming two Polish bomber squadrons (300 and 301) as well as two Polish fighter squadrons (302 and 303) was made.
Training was performed very slowly. For a long time the British commanders did not believe the Poles could fly modern fighters.
They were detached to RAF squadrons and were excellent pilots. The first Polish pilot who shot a German airplane was F/O Antoni Ostowicz. It happened on July 19, 1940. But the most famous was Sgt. Antoni Glowacki – on August 24, 1940 he shot five German aircraft and became “the fighter ace” in one day.
Bomber Command WWII Bases: No. 300 (Polish) Squadron Bramcote : Jul 1940-Aug 1940 Swinderby : Aug 1940–Jul 1941 Hemswell : Jul 1941-May 1942 Ingham : May 1942-Jan 1943 Hemswell : Jan 1943-Jun 1943 Ingham : Jun 1943-Mar 1944 Faldingworth : Mar 1944 onwards RAF Station Winthorpe, No. 51 Base, was opened as a satellite station for RAF Swinderby. Early operations were mainly centred on the Polish squadrons 300 and 301, who usually flew Fairey Battles, operating from Winthorpe when Swinderby was water logged. Control of Winthorpe was passed to RAF Ossington and was used for a period as a Relief Landing Ground by No. 14 Pilots Advanced Flying Unit (PAFU) who had arrived at Ossington in January 1942. The Station was selected to investigate improvements to bombing techniques. A Bombing Officer was appointed to each flight and an all round effort from Flying Staff, Armament and Electrical Officers helped with the eventual achievement of worthwhile improvements. We certainly owe them a debt of gratitude.
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“It is important to recognise the sacrifices that our armed forces have made, and continue to make for our country.”
Lasting Tribute with Recognition to Remember them when Ransome and Marles Ball Bearing Factory was Bombed. On that Darkest day during the 2nd world war on 7th March 1941, This day became known as “Black Friday.”
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Flying the British and Polish flag over Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire
Remembrance commemorates the sacrifices made and reminds everyone that the protection and care for the freedoms we enjoy and the lives of those who cannot defend themselves comes at a cost.
It has been dedicated to the thousands of people who final resting place is in our beautiful and historic Newark Cemetery for over 150 years.
Lasting Tribute to British Commonwealth, Polish Airmen and Workers of Ransome and Marles bombing that are buried in Newark-On-Trent
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Ransome and Marles’ Factory was Bombed, we will Remember them that died in Newark-On-Trent with 29 men and 12 women were killed with a further 165 being injured. Newark was attacked regularly because of its significance to airfields and war work carried out within the area. The most significant attack was on Friday, 7th March 1941 when two German planes dropped a series of bombs on and around Ransome and Marles who made ball bearings for naval gun turrets. A total of 41 people were killed with a further 165 being injured. More on these can be found on these link.
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Tribute to their sacrifice
In Memory of
Private PHILIP WOOLFITT
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
NEWARK-UPON-TRENT CEMETERY
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The British Commonwealth, Polish Sacrifice and Ransome and Marles bombing 70 years ago Friday afternoon 7th march 1941
British Commonwealth and Polish Airman together with other service men are buried in Newark Cemetery. Many came over during the2nd World war, Royal Australian Air Force, British from overseas, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force and Polish Airman and others.
General Sikorski former resting place at Newark Cemetery until 13th September 1993.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-On-Trent is also important internationally, as it contains the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
A true sacrifice for Freedom is Remembered at All Souls Day held on the last Sunday in October each year at Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire.
Remembering the many Polish Airmen that were flying Spitfires with the Royal Air Force
Newark-On-Trent is also important internationally, as it contains the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
Newark-On-Trent is also important internationally, as it contains the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
Remembering the many Polish Airmen that were flying Spitfires with the Royal Air Force
Remembering the many Polish Airmen that were flying Spitfires with the Royal Air Force
Newark-On-Trent is also important internationally, as it contains the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
Newark-On-Trent is also important internationally, as it contains the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
Newark-On-Trent is also important internationally, as it contains the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
Newark-On-Trent is also important internationally, as it contains the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves.
Polish Airmen during the 2nd World War flying a Spitfire
Remembering the many Polish Airmen that were flying Spitfires with the Royal Air Force, and Commonwealth from RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF during the Battle of Britain, let’s pay tribute to these brave fighters for their contribution.
This unmistakable sound of the Spitfire over Newark-On-Trent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK3vuWnHKGQ&feature=related
Newark-on-Trent is important internationally, as it is home to the Commonwealth and Polish War Graves where there are many graves of Polish airmen who died during the second world war. Many Poles remained in the UK after the war, married and started families. Their resting place is also at Newark Cemetery.
We should remember the many Polish airmen who were flying Spitfires and bomber planes with the Royal Air Force, and Commonwealth pilots, during the Battle of Britain and pay tribute to them for their contribution.During Britain’s darkest hour, Polish pilots came to the UK and formed fighter squadrons that would operate during the Battle of Britain 70 years ago.RAF Winthorpe near Newark was established in 1940. It was a satellite station for RAF Swinderby over the border in Lincolnshire. Two Polish squadrons, 300 and 301, were based at Winthorpe. Polish contribution to the Allied victory in World War 2 (1939-1945) It was the only country to fight in the 2nd world war from the first to the last day of the greatest armed conflict to remember them to this day. The most important issue of the Polish contribution to the defeat of the enemy with determination, valor and perseverance. We must not forget the Polish airmen and those of the Commonwealth. They fought for freedom against the enemy and didn’t flinch.
We certainly owe them a debt of gratitude.
Laurence Goff, Friends of Newark Cemetery, Newark-On-Trent, Nottinghamshire.
Tribute to Polish sacrifice
Let us all Remember the many Polish Airmen that were flying Spitfires with the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain
Paying Tribute to these 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 424 are buried in Newark Cemetery.
Let us be grateful to the Polish airmen during the 2nd world war
We Will Remember Them Our Lasting Tribute
Guardian Angel Watching Over Newark Cemetery Each Day
Nottinghamshire Where would we be without them, they are appreciated There will always be men and women braver than ourselves
British Commonwealth and Polish Airman buried in Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire during the 2nd world war Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire War Memorial Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire War Memorial
We will Remember them at Newark Cemetery in front on the Warsaw Uprising Memorial
Let’s We will Remember them at Warsaw Uprising Memorial, Newark Cemetery
http://www.warsaw-life.com/poland/warsaw-1944-uprising
Lasting Tribute to British Commonwealth and Polish Airmen
Do not weep, I am happy in the next world
British Plane Flying over in Freedom
British Plane Flying over in Freedom
War Memorial to the Fallen Richard Todd OBE
Richard Todd OBE Came to Newark-On-Trent to officially unveiled the Memorial to Fallen on 28th April 2007 at Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire. Actor in the Dam Busters and the Longest Day movies, WAR hero and film star died 4th Dec 2009 age 90.
Remembrance Day at Newark Cemetery War Memorial to the Fallen Richard Todd OBE Newark-On-Trent an officially unveiled the Memorial to Fallen on 28th April 2007 at Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire. Actor in the Dam Busters and the Longest Day movies, WAR hero and film star died 4th Dec 2009 age 90. Royal New Zealand Air Force Flight Sergeant John Bernard Kennedy Age 26 Buried in Newark Cemetery Sec R 298 Royal New Zealand Air Force Sergeant Desmond George Bradley, died on 21st October 1941, Age 22 Buried in Newark Cemetery Sec Q 300 New Zealand Air Force Flight Lieutenant James Cowan Age 30 Buried in Newark Cemetery Sec P 308
(In total 3 RNZAF died and resting place is in our cemetery) Lasting Tribute to British Commonwealth and Polish Airmen http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2088977&id=1405133581&ref=notif¬if_t=like Royal Australian Air Force Sergeant Frank Dunkin died on 9th April 1943, buried in Newark Cemetery Sec. P 311 Royal Australian Air Force Flight Sergeant Leonard Wentworth Lean died during 2nd World War and in Buried in Newark Cemetery Sec. P 310 A (In total 6 RAAF died and resting place is in our cemetery)
Royal Canadian Air Force Sergeat Alexander Teryl Mc Millan Air Observer Died 21st Oct 1941 Age 24 Resting Place at Newark Cemetery Sec. Q 299 Royal Canadian Air Force Flight Sergeant Raymond David Lewis died on 10th April 1943 age 22, Buried in Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, Sec. B 310
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 establishement of the maple leaf flag we know today in 1965.
(In total 17 RCAF died and resting place at Newark Cemetery)
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Sergeant Frederick George Bellchambers Flight Engineer died 1st October 1942, We will Remember them at Newark Cemetery Sec. P. Grave 306 Royal Canadian Air Force Flight Sergeant Albert Edward Hannay died on 12th March 1943 at age 24 Resting Place at Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire Sec. P 310
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Though they are hidden in the shadow of Death, their lives for others in the love of Freedom that never dies. In Memory of our Fallen Heroes, greater love hath no one then this, that one lay down your life for his friends and Country. We departed this life into the next, though they are hidden in the shadow of Death. Their lives for others in the love of serving our Country and Newark-On-Trent, Nottinghamshire. Polish Flag is posted at The Chapel Interpretation Newark-On-Trent, Cemetery, Nottinghamshire B
ritish Commonwealth and Polish War graves Leaflet at The Chapel Interpretation Centre Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire UK
Many British Commonwealth helped thanks to Royal Australian Air Force (6 killed), British, Royal Canadian Air Force (17 killed), Royal New Zealand Air Force(3 killed) and Polish Air Force some (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. Royal New Zealand Air Force died Age 30 James Cowan DFC and Royal Canadian Air Force Died Age 23 T.H. Warne, Buried in Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire
RAAF, RAF, RNZAF And RCAF were killed during the 2nd World War and are buried in newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire
I just wanted to add something to this very interesting site, I notice one of the 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 http://www.vimeo.com/14431980
A short clips of Newark Cemetery on the film, on photos of Herb’s funeral that were sent to his family in 1943.
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On the night of the 18th February 1943, Lancaster Bomber W4270 crashed during a training mission, resulting in the deaths of all seven of its crew. This is an account of that fateful night and the research that uncovered the airmen’s story. It is a tribute to their brave service and tragic sacrifice.
This is a cut down version of the original 35 minute piece*
6 ARAF – Australian, 44 British RAF and Servicemen, 17 CRAF – Canadian and 3 NZRAF – New Zealand were also killed during the 2nd World War and are buried in Newark Cemetery for all to see. If it hadn’t been for the courageous Polish Air Force we would have struggled and things could have turned out differently. These airmen helped us win the war for Freedom. War Memorial to the Fallen, we will Remember them Not enough credit is given to the Polish pilots who went out of their way to help us in the dark days of the 2nd World war. They never let us down to gain Freedom for us and should not be forgotten as our heroes of World War II. This memorial website is dedicated to the thousands of men and women from the 2nd World War. Memorial to the Fallen of Newark commemorating those military personnel who lost their lives in conflict since 1914 for over 94 years. This being the darkest days during the 2nd World war when 29 men and 12 women died with another 165 that were injured. When 10 bombs were dropped with 5 exploded on that Friday the 7th March 1941. The Battle of Britain was not just won by our brave Airmen, many thanks to the people around Newark that worked at Ransome & Marles Ball Bearings Factory. They provided components to all three Armed Forces, that needed parts for our Spitfires, Hurricanes, Lancaster bombers. 41 Were killed in the Ransome and Marles bombing, 41 were killed 30 are buried in Newark Cemetery Six graves near to the British Commonwealth Polish War Graves 41-killed-by-enemy-action-during-a-bombing 7th-march-1941 Laurence Goff Friends of Newark Cemetery Chairman
Laurence Goff Visiting Graves 30 are Buried in Newark Cemetery, When 41 Were Killed at Ransome and Marles bombing.
http://newarkcemeteryuk.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/ransome-and-marles’-41-killed-by-enemy-action-during-a-bombing-7th-march-1941/ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=153850701312504&ref=ts
Robert Grant died at age 47 during the Ransome and Marles’ Factory bombing On Friday 7th March 1941, let’s Remember them 2011 for the 70th Anniversary. His son Mr Chris Grant became Mayor of Newark 50 years later 1991-1992. RIP
http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=all&q=ransome+and+Marles+&m=text Lasting Tribute to British Commonwealth, Polish Airmen and Workers of Ransome and Marles Bombing
We will Remember them Crew killed and are buried in Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire
We would wish to acknowledge the generosity of the following local organization for their assistance in the production of this Comfort Book
The Grange House Hotel across from the London Road Cemetery Newark-On-Trent
E.Gill & Son Funeral Services, Newark
Lidsters of Worksop Ltd
Lincolnshire Co-Operative Funeral Service, Newark
Newark and Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society
If you would like to Sponsor our 3rd order of the book of support with reading of poems,quotations and passages from scriptures.
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Our spiritual Angle believed to act for us. A time to pray for our loss friends. Many believe that these supernatural beings watch over us and can also come to our spiritual and physical aid. Let’s also remember them in love, peace, joy also tranquility
John Henry Green is one 41 killed at age 55 when Ransome and Marles’ Factory was Bombed, we will Remember them that died in Newark-On-Trent with 29 men and 12 women were killed with a further 165 being injured. Newark was attacked regularly because of its significance to airfields and war work carried out within the area. The most significant attack was on Friday, 7th March 1941. Friday afternoon when two German planes dropped a series of bombs on and around Ransome and Marles who made ball bearings for naval gun turrets. A total of 41 people were killed with a further 165 being injured. More on these can be found on these link.
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/
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Supermarine Spitfire PV270
British Commonwealth and Polish War Graves
Andrzej Mierzejewski Polish Forces died age 20 Resting Place Newark-On-Trent
Main Gate on London Road, Newark Cemetery ZA WOLNOSC – FOR FREEDOM New Zealand Air Force 3 Killed During the 2nd World War and are Buried in Newark Cemetery. These Website is dedicated to the fallen and missing Airman from 1939-1945, we will preserve their Memories. You paid the ultimate Sacrifice for our Freedom http://www.flickr.com/photos/newarkcemeteryuk/5032411669/ We Will Remember them in Newark Cemetery Many thanks for your help and support
We are Grateful to the Many Young Men that came over from the British Commonwealth 3 Died from Royal New Zealand Air Force RNZAF, 6 from Royal Australian Air Force RAAF and 17 Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF
The RCAF and their former Canada Flag, 17 Canadian Airman from the 2nd World War were killed and are Buried in Newark Cemetery.
Lasting Tribute
Major General Tadeusz KLIMECKI, Chief of the Polish General Staff died with General Sikorski on the 4th July 1943
Lieutenant Jozef Ponikiewski died with General Sikorski on 4th July 1943
Colonel Andrzej MARECKI, Chief of Operations Staff died with General Sikorski on 4th July 1943
4 July 1943: After tours of Gibraltar and festivities, General Sikorski departs for London at 11:00pm. After reaching only 100 feet, the plane began a slow dive into the sea. Only the pilot survived. All others died or were presumed dead on impact at 11:06pm. B-24C Liberator AL 523 Full List of Passengers: 1. General Władysław SikorskiPrime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of Poland 2. Zofia LeśniowskaChief of the Polish Women’s Auxiliary 3. Major General Tadeusz KlimeckiChief of the Polish General Staff 4.Colonel Andrzej MareckiChief of Operations Staff 5. Lieutenant Jozef PonikiewskiNaval A.D.C. 6. Adam KulakowskiPersonal secretary to Sikorski 7. Colonel Victor CazaletM.P., British Liason Officer 8.Brigadier J.P. WhitelyM.P. 9.Mr. W.H. Lock(Never found, presumed dead) 10. Mr. PinderHead of British Intelligence Service in the Middle East (his position was never revealed to General Sikorski) 11. Bombardier Gralewski (Joined the party at Gibraltar) Crew: 1. 1Lt Edward Maks Prchal Captain/1st Pilot 2. Squadron Leader W.S. Herring2nd Pilot (never found) 3. Warrant Officer L. Zalsberg Navigator 4. Sergeant F. Kelly Flight Engineer 5. Flight Sergeant C.B. GerrieRadio Operator/Air Gunner 6. Flight Sergeant D. HunderRadio Operator/Air Gunner (never found)
Memorial to the Fallen Newark cemeteryNottinghamshire |
Lasting Tribute Memorial to the Air Bridge of August 1944 British, Polish and South African help with the Warsaw Uprising which was said all Poles in Warsaw are to be killed, no prisoners. A further moment 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. The Warsaw Uprising (1944) badly needed the support of the allies to provide food and munitions to the Polish Partisans (AK, Home Army), resulting in the Polish Government in London, appealing to Mr Winston Churchill the Prime Minister for assistance. After many discussions with the Allied Command and getting no help from Russia, who refused even to grant permission for allied aircraft to land in Russia, he ordered relief to be flown to Warsaw from Italy, which was some 100 miles less than that from England, but was told by General Durrant, that an airlift of 2000 miles there and back, would have no hope of success, in that the loss of aircraft flying over occupied territory would be tremendous. Although Churchill agreed with him, he nevertheless ordered the operation to be proceeded with. The task was allocated to 205 group, of which RAF Squadrons 148 and 178, SAAF 31 and 34 squadrons and Polish Special Services Flight 1586 were part. The losses were horrendous, for every ton of supplies delivered and recovered by the Polish insurgents one aircraft was lost (39 four-engine bombers total). The operation was called “Warsaw Concerto”. Lasting Tribute at Newark Cemetery
Remembrance Day at Newark Cemetery
Lasting Tribute Preserve the Memory in year to come Lasting Tribute to Polish Airmen
Lance Corporal Adam Cornelius, a very close friend, said: “Sean was an all round good guy. I will remember Sean best for his ‘Cheeky Chappy’ attitude to life both in and out of work. His death is a massive loss as he was an individual who had so much to give to others.” Lance Corporal Violino was married to Katey Anne and had eight-year-old twins from a previous marriage, Ellie and Lewis. He was an Army canoeist and regularly represented his regiment at rugby. His wife said: “Sean will be sadly missed for his infectious enthusiasm for life and his desire to be everyone’s friend. He was popular with everyone he met and was loved by friends and family alike. Sean was very proud to be a member of the Armed Forces, in particular the Royal Engineers. The world is a poorer place without Sean.” He was killed in an explosion during a routine convoy to transport vital engineering equipment to a Forward Operating Base in the Helmand province. Despite the best efforts of the Air Medical Emergency Response Team, Lance Corporal Violino was pronounced dead on arrival at the field hospital at Camp Bastion. Defence Secretary Des Browne said: “The death of Lance Corporal Violino is profoundly tragic. The Army has lost a highly professional soldier and his death is an immense blow to all who knew him. I hope that his family, friends and comrades will draw comfort from the fact that he died doing a job he clearly excelled at.” Memory to Lance Corporal Ivano ‘Sean’ Violino
We should Remember him and other.
Lance Corporal Ivano ‘Sean’ Violino his name has been added to the War Memorial to the fallen at Newark-On-Trent Cemetery off London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire. He will not be forgotten. Lasting Tribute, Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That a Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends. Lance Corporal Ivano Violino killed in Afghanistan.It is with immense sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Corporal Ivano Violino from 20 Field Squadron, 36 Engineer Regiment in southern Afghanistan on Monday 17th September 2007.
Main Arch down the Main drive of Newatk Cemetery with two former Chapels since 1856
Memory to the fallen Lance Corporal Ivano ‘Sean’ Violino, 29 his good name has been added to Newark War Memorial to the Fallen. He went to school in Newark-On-Trent Nottinghamshire and whose family still live in the town. He was killed in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, on September 17, 2007, RIP |
I’m PROUD to Support Our Brave Troops. Let’s stand as one, and show our Brave Boys & Girls, just how Proud of them we ALL are !! They ALL put their Precious Lives on the line 24/7/365 to ensure we remain living in the Freedom we can ALL take for granted, the least we can do, is show them how grateful we really are, and show them ALL, Love, Loyalty, Support, and most important of all Our RESPECT and God Bless ALL Troops and our Allies, and a massive THANK YOU. Flying the Flag in Tribute to Lance Corporal Ivano Sean Violino a Lasting Tribute and for others, Laurence Goff
Lance Corporal Ivano Violino, known as Sean, was killed while serving in Afghanistan on Monday, 17th September, 2007, aged 29.He was described by his commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Wardlaw, as “experienced and dedicated … the very epitome of a modern professional soldier, who lived life to the full and gave his all to the Army, his comrades and to his family.” Lance Corporal Violino was born in Salford, Manchester. He joined the Army at 24 and, having completed combat and driver training, joined the Kent-based 36 Engineer Regiment in February 2003. He took part in Operation TELIC in Kuwait and was promoted to Lance Corporal in October 2004, receiving recognition for his high professional standards. At the start of 2007 he wascross-posted with 20 Field Squadron and took part in construction exercises in Canada. He arrived in Afghanistan on 2 September, 2007, and was the first fatality from his regiment.
Memory to Lance Corporal Ivano ‘Sean’ Violino Help for Heroes which was taken in Newark Market Place, we will Remember them. http://www.the-soldiers.co.uk/ |
Lance Corporal Ivano Violino, known as Sean
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Our Heroes in memory to the fallen Lance Corporal Ivano ‘Sean’ Violino, 29 his good name has been added to the war memorial at Newark-On-Trent Cemetery, RIP. He went to school in Newark-On-Trent and whose family still live in the town. He was killed in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, on September 17, 2007. RIP
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Lance Corporal Violino was commanding an FL12 Self-Loading Dump Truck on a routine logistics convoy, moving vital engineering equipment to a Forward Operating Base 19km north east of the town of Gereshk in Helmand province, when his vehicle was caught in an explosion. Despite the best efforts of the Air Medical Emergency Response Team who arrived on the scene shortly after the explosion, Corporal Violino was sadly pronounced dead on arrival at the field hospital at Camp Bastion. RIP
Memorial to the Fallen in Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire
On 28th April 2007, Richard Todd OBE, officially unveiled the Memorial to the Fallen in Newark Cemetery .
Friends of Newark Cemetery is grateful to NSK and Newark Town Council, a Memorial has been put in place at Newark Town Hall on the ground floor as you walk up stairs to . Ransome & Marles of Newark will have a Lasting Tribute to the 41 Killed and 165 that where injured on that Friday 7th March 1941.
These being the darkest days during the 2nd World war when 29 men and 12 women died with another 165 that were injured. When 10 bombs were dropped with 5 exploded on that Friday the 7th March 1941. http://newarkcemeteryuk.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/ransome-and-marles’-41-killed-by-enemy-action-during-a-bombing-7th-march-1941/
Newark names of the World at side in the front of St. Mary Magdalene
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Friends of Newark Cemetery are happy to use the Interpretation centre in the former Eastern Chapel
Cremated remains at Newark Cemetery
Looking over at Cremated Remains at Newark Cemetery
by Gail Edwards Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire has been open since 1856
In 1943 General Wladyslaw Sikorski died on July 4th 1943, when a Royal Air Force aircraft he was travelling aboard plunged into the sea seconds after take-off from Gibraltar.
1981 Newark town Mayor Councillor Jean Moore at General Wladyslaw Sikorski grave his wishes were remembered and on Thursday 15, July 1943, his body arrived in Newark and was taken to Holy Trinity RC Church on Parliament Street Newark, Nottinghamshire England. A Requiem Mass was held and the Catholic Church was guarded overnight. A Requiem Mass was held and the Catholic Church was guarded overnight. The following morning was Friday 16, July 1943 early Masses were held and members of the public were allowed to file past the coffin to pay their respects. Outside the Catholic Church, reporters from across the UK and BBC representatives set up their equipment on top of a nearby air raid shelter. A large crowd gathered in the Newark Streets to see the funeral procession, headed by the exiled Polish government and Newark Town Mayor Councillor Cyril Parlby. A guard of honour from the Polish Air Force was on hand. After General Silorski remains were exhumed from Newark Cemetery on 13th September 1993. He was taken Newark Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene overnight, then next day a farewell Mass before his return home to Poland. MoD approves exhumation of Polish soldiers to solve mystery of General Sikorski’s death – Telegraph http://t.co/Iw1qQJw
General Sikorski was Also Laid to Rest in Newark Cemetery From 1943-1993. A Memorial cross to the Polish airmen buried here was erected in the plot and unveiled on 14th July 1941 by President Raczkiewicz, ex-President of the Polish Republic and head of the war-time Polish Government in London, supported by General Sikorski, Commander in Chief of the Polish Forces and war-time Prime Minister. When both men subsequently died, General Sikorski (aged 62) in 1943 and President Raczkiewicz in 1947, they were buried at the foot of the Polish Memorial. General Sikorski’s It contains a memorial to Poland’s exiled war leader, General Wladyslaw Sikorski, who died when the aeroplane he was travelling in crashed over Gibraltar.
General Sikorski was buried at Newark on Friday 16thJuly, 1943, and it was his dying wish that his body should be returned to Poland when it was a free country. His remains were returned on 17th September 1993 A special plot was set aside in Newark Cemetery for RAF burials and this is now the war graves for people to see across the UK and the World. Former Airmen choosing to be buried since staying in England after the 2nd World War. Newark Cemetery also contains graves from the 1st world war scattered around the Cemetery.
Each year British and Polish servicemen honoured at Newark service, candles lit to honour the fallen on the last Sunday in October starting at 3pm from the main gate of Newark Cemetery UK. War veterans and civic dignitaries attended a service to honour the Polish servicemen who died during the 2nd World War. Lighting of candles were lit on each of the Polish graves at Newark Cemetery. During the service, conducted in both Polish and English, to mark All Souls Day. Pupils meet Olympic hero Newark Tribute to them at Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire I would like to say many thanks to Gail Edwards for giving me permission to you these poems and photos. http://www.edirectory.co.uk/gmtv/mib/d/support+our+troops+badge/pid/1550513/#
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The Memorial at The National Memorial Arboretum, the UK’s Centre of Remembrance
The Memorial at The National Memorial Arboretum, the UK’s Centre of Remembrance
The Memorial at The National Memorial Arboretum, the UK’s Centre of Remembrance
Laurence Goff Tribute to Lance Corporal Ivano Sean Violino a Lasting Tribute and our British Troops
Mon Jun 28, 2010
Soldiers who have been helped by the Newark Patriotic Fund after being injured in Afghanistan were in the town’s of Newark in the Market Place to help raise money for the cause.
Local hero Newark Newark was attacked because of its significance to airfields and war work carried out within the area. The most significant attack was on Friday, 7th March 1941 when two German planes dropped a series of 10 bombs on and around Ransome and Marles who made ball bearings for naval gun turrets. A total of 41 people were killed with a further 165 being
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Cornelius Brown Historian of Newark-On-Trent, died over a 100 years ago in 1907, we will Remember
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William Oliver Quibell and Family are Buried in Newark Cemetery
Grave from the 1st World War, at Newark Cemetery. Service together for others and our Country
Memorial to the Fallen at Newark Cemetery Memorial, we will Remember them
Newark Cemetery Chapel Interpretation centre , we have displays of the history of Newark cemetery, Commonwealth, Polish, Ransome and Marles during the 2nd world war.
Link pages http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com/welcome.html http:/
/www.winthorpe.org.uk/the-history-of-winthorpe-airfield
www.aviationanoraks.co.uk/page5.html
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/W-Z/Winthorpe.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2009/05/15/air_museum_poles_feature.shtml
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Lasting Tribute to British Commonwealth
http://www.google.co.uk/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=newark+cemetery
http://www.google.co.uk/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=ramsome+and+marles
This website has been set up as a means of further promoting our Newark Cemetery and encouraging interested people to join the tribute. Together as a Fitting tribute who resting place is at Newark Cemetery.
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From the left -Raymond Lewis – air gunner (RCAF); “Jock” Graham – wireless operator;
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Roy Chadwick |
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8 January 1941 |
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1942 |
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69 ft 5 ins (21.2m) |
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63,000 lb (29,000kg) |
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280mph |
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£45,000 – 50,000
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Lest we forget
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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.
Now thanks to Lafarge and Nottinghamshire County Council the memorial will be unveiled during a special ceremony on the 68thanniversary 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 10th“.
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OpenOur beautiful and historic Newark Cemetery, London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire for over 150 years
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Mr Laurence Goff
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NG24 1DU, Newark, Nottinghamshire
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“From death springs life and from the graves of great patriots springs a great nation”.
Patrick Henry Pearse
“He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels”.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Friends of Newark Cemetery was set up in November 2005 with the aim of helping to improve the services and facilities of the Cemetery and to promote the site as
an attractive amenity to residents and visitors.
At our disposal we have the former Newark Cemetery Chapel, build in 1856 and renewed in 2010 (officially opened as an Interpretation Centre by the Newark Town Mayor on Saturday 11th September 2010).
*** Purpose of the Friends of Newark Cemetery:
To offer suggestions to the Newark Town Council on ways to improve the service and facilities of the Cemetery.
To provide input into the Cemetery Regulations.
To help identify problems with vandalism and other activities detrimental to the well-being of the Cemetery, and to work with Council to seek solutions to these problems.
To play an active part in assisting the Town Council with practical tasks such as litter-picking, painting seats, benches, open-days, etc.
To provide a welcoming presence and a source of help and information at the Cemetery during opening hours.
To act as guides for visitors to the Cemetery.
To collect feedback from visitors in the form of simple questionnaires.
To provide extra presence for the Cemetery site.
Any questions? Want to join the Friends of Newark Cemetery? Please contact us:
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Open every Weekend from 2-4pm or by appointment
Visitors are most welcome to the Chapel Interpretation centre at Newark Cemetery by Friends of Newark Cemetery organisation.
Our beautiful and historic Newark Cemetery, London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire for over 150 years since 1856
This memorial website is Laurence Goff personal views, I have put it together and do not represent Newark Town Council . 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 the tribute. 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
Chapel Interpretation Centre at Newark Cemetery {left side on the main drive off London Road} is opened each weekend from 2-4pm or by appointment. please contact Laurence Goff Chairman Friends of Newark Cemetery 01636-681878 or friendsofnewarkcemetery@yahoo.co.uk
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Honouring lives of past cadets | Newark Advertiser
1 Aug 2008 … Fourteen members of 1260 Squadron Newark Air Training Corps marched to the war graves, … led a service at the grave of Keith Couzin-Wood. … plaque for Sergeant Patton near the London Road entrance to the cemetery. …
Air Cadet Keith Rollason Couzin-Wood, the young cadet killed buried in
Newark Cemetery, Nottinghamshire
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Honouring lives of past cadets
Air cadet Joe Parkes (14) of Newark 1260 Squadron, lays a wreath at the grave of Keith Couzin-Wood, who was killed in a plane crash, aged 16, in 1942. Two former air cadets from different eras were remembered during a service at Newark Cemetery .
Air cadets, led by, left, Flight-lieutenant Mark Edwards and Pilot Officer Nick Squire, of the Newark squadron, march to the war graves section at Newark Cemetery.
Fourteen members of 1260 Squadron Newark Air Training Corps marched to the war graves, where the Newark team curate, the Rev Tim Pownall-Jones, led a service at the grave of Keith Couzin-Wood.
The service followed research by the cadets into the plane crash that killed him, aged 16, on July 29, 1942.
Keith, who was on his first flight, was in an RAF Hampden bomber from 408 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, when it stalled and crashed soon after take off from RAF Balderton.
The crew, who also included another cadet, Geoffrey Hughes of Chesterfield, and two flying officers, were all killed.
It is hoped the memorial service, on the Saturday closest to Keith’s death, could become an annual event.
Mr Pownall-Jones said: “Those young men stood out because of their uniform and what that uniform still represents.
“The young men and women here today are champions of the same core values of the services.”
He said the values were teamwork, initiative, dedication and being young at heart, and that the first letters of those words spelt tidy. He said when the cadets checked their uniforms were tidy they should think of those values.
Cadet Andrew Tallis (13) lays a wreath in memory of Sergeant Michael Patton.
During a minute’s silence flags were lowered by corporal Sam Parkes (16) and Mr Robert Doyle, the standard bearer for Newark Royal British Legion.
Mrs Karen Grayson, the mother of a current cadet, Kristian Grayson, read a poem called Somebody’s Darling.
Cadet Joe Parkes (14) laid a wreath.
The Mayor of Newark, Mr Harry Molyneux, said: “The youngsters wanted to serve their country but little did they know what could happen to them. They were very brave.”
Keith was from Leigh-on-Sea and his father’s family were from Southwell and Normanton. The cadets tracked down Keith’s nephew, who is in his seventies and lives in Australia.
One of the pallbearers at Keith’s funeral was Mr Jack Stringer (85) of Grosvenor Road, Balderton. He was unable to attend the ceremony due to illness and was represented by his wife, Mrs Irene Stringer (83).
She said her husband, who was a corporal in the RAF stationed at Balderton, was sorry he could not be there.
The cadets also honoured Sergeant Michael Patton, a former cadet of the Newark squadron, who died in September 1996 when he fell from an RAF helicopter during an exercise over south Wales.
Cadet Andrew Tallis (13) laid a wreath beside a memorial tree and plaque for Sergeant Patton near the London Road entrance to the cemetery.
Mr Patton’s niece, Miss Natalie Henstock (24) of Newark, represented his family.
She said her grandparents, Mr and Mrs Brian Patton, of Bathley, who are Mr Patton’s parents, and her mother, Ruth Hughes, of William Street, Newark, who is Mr Patton’s sister, were unable to attend.
Mr Patton’s father-in-law, Mr Chris Grant, of The Park, Newark, attended along with his wife, Mrs Doreen Grant.
The cadets, who meet at their Sherwood Avenue headquarters on Tuesdays and Thursdays, are looking for adult helpers.
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Newark Town Mayor Cllr Bryan Richardson Speaks regarding the Polish during the 2nd World War around Newark Air Fieldshttp://t.co/NAr7m6xU
Tribute to British Commonwealth and Polish Sacrifice that are buried at Newark Cemetery
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM FOR OUR TOMORROW THEY GAVE THEIR TODAY Newark Cemetery is located on the south side of London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire. The main entrance, small car park near the main gate on London Road, Newark.
Chapel Interpretation Centre at Newark Cemetery {left side on the main drive off London Road} is opened each weekend from 2-4pm or by appointment. please contact Laurence Goff Chairman Friends of Newark Cemetery 01636-681878 or friendsofnewarkcemetery@yahoo.co.uk
Our beautiful and historic Newark Cemetery, London Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire for over 150 years since 1856. This memorial website is Laurence Goff personal views, I have put it together. 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 the tribute.
Laurence Goff
Chairman
Friends of Newark Cemetery
friendsofnewarkcemetery@yahoo.co.uk
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