AARON, Arthur

ABBOTT, E - Lt.Col. home from Burma – Newark Herald 18 Aug 1945 p5 c3

ABBOTT, Joyce

- Of Muskham. Hears voice of her fiancé, Trooper Cherry Christie, on the BBC broadcasting

from Jerusalem – Newark Herald 29 Nov 1941 p5 c4

ADAMS - photo in 140th RE (Field) OCTU 167 Class, Feb 1944 Bowbridge Camp

ADAMS, George - 77 Millgate

- Civilian killed in R&M raid 7th March 1941

ADAMS, H - Pte H. Adams back from Arakan – Newark Advertiser 7th March 1945 p6 c4

ADAMSON, Andrew Rank: Leading Aircraftman

Service No: R/130443

Date of Death: 03/10/1943

Age: 40

Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Air Force

Grave Reference: Grave 704.

Cemetery: KIRKLAND LAKE (KIRKLAND) CEMETERY

Additional Information: Son of Hugh and Mary Jane Adamson, of Newark, Nottinghamshire,

England; husband of Jean Adamson, of Ottawa.

(Researched by Shaun Noble (Autumn 2016)

ADAMSON, James Rank: Gunner

Service No: 1504786

Date of Death: 03/07/1942

Age: 23

Regiment/Service: Royal Horse Artillery 2 Regt.

Grave Reference: XIII. C. 9.

Cemetery: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

Additional Information: Son of Sidney and Edith Eleanor Adamson, of Norwell,

Nottinghamshire. The campaign in the Western Desert was fought between the

Commonwealth forces (with, later, the addition of two brigades of Free French and one each

of Polish and Greek troops) all based in Egypt, and the Axis forces (German and Italian)

based in Libya. The battlefield, across which the fighting surged back and forth between

1940 and 1942, was the 1,000 kilometres of desert between Alexandria in Egypt and

Benghazi in Libya. It was a campaign of manoeuvre and movement, the objectives being the

control of the Mediterranean, the link with the east through the Suez Canal, the Middle East

oil supplies and the supply route to Russia through Persia.

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY contains the graves of men who died at all stages of the

Western Desert campaigns, brought in from a wide area, but especially those who died in

the Battle of El Alamein at the end of October 1942 and in the period immediately before

that.

The cemetery now contains 7,240 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, of

which 815 are unidentified. There are also 102 war graves of other nationalities.

(Researched by Shaun Noble (Autumn 2016)

ADDISON, - Capt. Addison wins MC at Salerno – Newark advertiser 12th January 1944 p5 c4

ADDYMAN, O T - photo in 140th OCTU RE 170 Class Aug 1944 Bowbridge Camp

AGNEW, A - Repatriated – Newark Herald 12th August 1944 p5 c4

AINSWORTH, George (Herbert George) - 33 Parliament Street

- Employed at Baird & Sons, maltsters

- Served in Burma

- Reported missing April 1942

- Died of wounds 10th April 1944

- See Newark Herald 15th July 1944 p1 c3 & Newark Advertiser 19th July 1944 p6 c2

Rank: Fusilier

Service No: 6983324

Date of Death: Between 18/04/1942 and 20/04/1942

Age: 30

Regiment/Service: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Bn.

Panel Reference: Face 11.

Memorial: RANGOON MEMORIAL

Additional Information: Husband of Ivy Ainsworth, of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.

The Regular 1st Battalion was stationed in British India on the outbreak of war and spent the

entire war there, fighting in the early stages of the Burma Campaign. In 1942 the battalion

was flown to Burma to help stem the Japanese advance.

(Researched by Shaun Noble (Autumn 2016)

AINSWORTH, George Rank: Flying Officer

Service No: 145718

Date of Death: 23/11/43

Age: 30

Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force 83 Squadron.

Panel Reference:

Memorial : Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery

Additional Information: Lancaster JB284 ( OL-C ) from RAF Wyton , hit by Flak and crashed

target area

(Researched by Shaun Noble (Autumn 2016)

AKRILL, William Eric Rank: Sergeant

Service No: 1436220

Date of Death: 13/03/1943

Age: 21

Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 115 Sqdn.

Panel Reference: Panel 140.

Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Akrill, of Collingham,

Nottinghamshire. Wellington BJ756 KO Q RAF East Wretham mission to

Essen. Shot down by a night fighter and came down 2135 in the IJsselmeer. Sgt

Moffat RCAF is buried in Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery, the rest of

the crew have no known graves. This was the last Wellington reported missing from

115 Squadron.

Sgt L F Fallon killed

Sgt W E Akrill killed

Sgt L G Collings killed

12Sgt C J J Lamb killed

Sgt C MacK Moffat RCAF killed

Luftwaffe Lt Oskar Kostler, IV/ NJG1

Researched by Shaun Noble (Autumn 2016)

ALDRIDGE, Cyril - 7 Tomlinson’s Yard, Castlegate

- Educated at Christ Church School

- Age 38

- Enlisted c.1920

- Co. Sgt. Major in 1st Btn. Grenadier Guards

- Reported missing 1st June 1940

- See Newark Herald 27th July 1940

Rank: Warrant Officer Class II

Trade: C.S.M.

Service No: 2607409

Date of Death: 01/06/1940

Age: 37

Regiment/Service: Grenadier Guards 1st Bn.

Panel Reference: Column 32.

Memorial: DUNKIRK MEMORIAL

Additional Information: Son of Arthur and Jane Aldridge; husband of K. V. Aldridge, of

Worlingworth, Suffolk.

(Researched by Shaun Noble (Autumn 2016)

ALDRIDGE, Sidney (Sydney) - 10 Lindum Street

- Private in the Sherwood Foresters

- POW

- See Newark Advertiser 11th September 1940 p5 c4

ALDRIDGE, Sydney - 7 Tomlinson’s Yard

- 10 Lindum Street

- 1/5. Sherwood Foresters

- On outbreak of war he rejoined his regiment (York & Lancasters) but was transferred to

Sherwood Foresters.

- Reported missing 22 July 1940

- See Newark Herald 27th July 1940

ALLEN - 80 Harcourt Street

- Private in Sherwood Foresters

- Japanese POW

- See Newark Advertiser 25th August 1943 p6 c3

ALLEN, Frederick J. - 21 Elgin Place

- Enlisted 1943

- Driver in RASC (?)

- Age 19

- Volunteered for the army at age 17 having been in the Army cadets

- See Newark Herald 7th April 1945 & Newark Advertiser 11th April 1945 p6 c4

- Rank: Driver

- Service No: T/14422007

- Date of Death: 24/03/1945

- Age: 20

- Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps

- Grave Reference: 48. B. 3.

- Cemetery: REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

- Additional Information: Son of George and Edith Allen, of Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery was created after the Second World War when burials

were brought in from all over western Germany and is the largest Commonwealth

cemetery in the country. Some of those members of the land forces buried there died in

the advance through Reichswald Forest in February 1945. Others died crossing the Rhine

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- 24 March Lancaster HK738 1661 HCU Take off RAF Winthorpe on 3 engine practice ,

made several approaches and over shoots but then the flaps jammed down and HK738

force landed at Langford without injury.

- - (Researched by Shaun Noble (Autumn 2016) -

ALLEN, G - G Allen killed in action – Newark Herald 7th April 1945 p5 c4

ALLEN, K W B - Appointment in Arabia – Newark Advertiser 18th April 1945

-

ALLEN, Thomas - Newark Advertiser 20th January 1943

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ALTHORPE - Captain Althorpe – Newark Advertiser 15th January 1941

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ANDERSON, E - Flight Officer E. Anderson killed – Newark Herald 23 December 1944 p1 c7

ANDERTON, Eric Thomas - 51 Victoria Street (in-laws address)

- Worked at National & Provincial Bank in Newark, afterwards at a branch in Bristol

- Flight Officer in RAF

- Killed in Action 17th December 1944

- See Newark Advertiser 27th December 1944

- Rank: Flying Officer

- Service No: 158159

- Date of Death: 17/12/1944

- Age: 35

- Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

- Grave Reference: V. D. 84.

- Cemetery: SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY

- Additional Information: Son of Arthur Thomas Anderton and Ethel May

Anderton; husband of Constance Muriel Anderton, of West Town, Bristol. V2

rocket hit the Rex Cinema Antwerp there were 587 visitors killed or died of

wounds shortly after. Cine Rex was a cinema located at De Keyserlei 15 in

Antwerp, Belgium. It opened in 1935 and was designed by Leon Stynen, a

Belgian architect, modeled after large American movie theatres. On 16 December

1944 (the first day of the Ardennes Offensive), at 15.20, a V-2 rocket fired from

Holland by the SS Werfer Battery 500 directly landed on the roof of the cinema

during a showing of The Plainsman. There were approximately 1,100 people

inside the cinema and the explosion killed 567 people including 296 Allied

servicemen (194 further servicemen were injured) and 11 buildings in total

destroyed. It took nearly a week to dig all the bodies out of the rubble. It was the

single highest death total from a single rocket attack during the war. Following the

attack all public performance venues were closed and the town council ordered

that a maximum of 50 people were allowed to congregate in any one location. The

theatre was re-built in 1947 but closed in 1993 and was demolished in 1995.

(Researched by Shaun Noble, 2016)

ANDGROVE, H K - photo in 140th OCTU RE 170 Class Aug 1944 Bowbridge Camp

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ANDREW, Wilfred E - 48 Chestnut Avenue, Newark

- Civilian killed in R&M raid 7th March 1941

- Age 39

ANDREWS, Frederick - 13 Victoria Terrace, Victoria Street

- Born 29th December 1911

- Attended Methodist school on Guildhall Street 1916 - 1925

- Employed at Hodgkinson & Beevor (solicitors) on Middlegate as a clerk in 1926

- Member of London Road Congregational church

- Keen swimmer and badminton player and was a member of King’s Road tennis club

- Enlisted 5th January 1940

- Corporal in the RAF

- Accidently killed on active service at Aboukir, Egypt, 9th January 1942

- See Newark Herald 17th January 1942, 24th Jan 1942 p1 c5 and Newark Advertiser 21st

January 1942 p5 c5

Rank: Corporal

Service No: 945335

Date of Death: 09/01/1942

Age: 30

Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Grave Reference: 1. A. 6.

Cemetery: ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

Additional Information: Son of Edward and Armie Andrews, of Newark, Nottinghamshire.

During the Second World War, Alexandria was again an important hospital centre, taking

casualties from campaigns in the Western Desert, Greece, Crete, the Aegean Islands and the

Mediterranean. Rest camps and hostels were also established there together with a

powerful anti-aircraft base. Alexandria was also the communications centre for the middle

and near east and became the headquarters of the Military Police.

(Researched by Shaun Noble (Autumn 2016)

ANDREWS, Leonard Ernest - Wedding – Newark Advertiser 12th January 1944

ANGOVE - photo in 140th RE (Field) OCTU 167 Class, Feb 1944 Bowbridge Camp

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ANGUS, Thomas Mackenzie - 44 Castlegate

- Educated at Winton School and Newark Technical college

- Was a server at Newark parish church and a member of the Newark Peace Society

- Enlisted in the Navy 11th October 1939

- Able Seaman on the R.N. Voltaire

- Served in the Atlantic ocean

- Aged 22 when he lost his life on 3rd April 1941 when his ship was sunk by a German

raider.

- See Newark Herald 9th August 1941 and Newark Advertiser 13th August 1941 p5 c4

Rank: Able Seaman

Service No: P/JX 165467

Date of Death: 09/04/1941

Age: 22

Regiment/Service: Royal Navy H.M.S. Voltaire

Panel Reference: Panel 47, Column 1.

Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Violet Dale Angus, of Newark, Nottinghamshire.

On 4 April 1941 HMS Voltaire British auxiliary cruiser (A/Capt. James Alexander Pollard

Blackburn, DSC, (retired), RN) was on isolated patrol in the central Atlantic, about 900

nautical miles west of the Cape Verde Islands: at 0615 hrs she was spotted by the lookouts

of the German raider Thor and the ships headed for each other.

At 0645 hrs the opponents opened fire and by 0649 hrs Voltaire was ablaze, by 0715 hrs only

2 guns remained in action and by 0800 hrs she hoisted a white flag, sinking shortly

afterwards by the stern with a heavy port list in position 14º30'N, 40º30'W. 75 dead and 197

survivors rescued by the Germans. In the action, Thor expended 724 rounds of 15-cm.

(Researched by Shaun Noble, 2016)

ANKERS, R - Meets up in Port Said with S. Vanns of Newark – Newark Herald 8th January 1944 p1 c3

ARMSTRONG, Arthur - 20 Cliff Nook Lane

- Enlisted 1934

- Drummer in Sherwood Foresters

- Age 20

- POW interned in Sweden but returned

- See Newark Advertiser 14th August 1940

ARMSTRONG, J B - Ex-sgt. Armstrong fought in Norway – Newark Herald 30th May 1942 p1 c5

ASBURY, W (Miss) - Of Friary Field house - Commandant of Red Cross Nurses in Newark - Newark Advertiser

13th August 1941

ASH, Olive (Miss) - 14 Portland street

- Civilian injured & subsequently died in hospital following R&M raid 7th March 1941

ASHMORE, R - Trooper R. Ashmore killed – Newark Herald 16th December 1944 p1 c3

ASHMORE, R - Gunner R Ashmore humiliated by the Japanese – Newark Advertiser 31st October 1945

p5 c4

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ASHMORE, Walter - 3 Cleveland Square

- Civilian wounded in R&M raid 7th March 1941

ASHTON, Frederick Norman - Flight Officer F. Ashton awarded DFC – Newark Herald 8th December 1945 p1c3 and

Newark Advertiser 12th December 1945 p6 c4

ASHTON, N - Flight officer awarded DFC – Newark Herald 8th December 1945 p1 c5

ASHWORTH, E P

ASHWORTH, R - Japanese POW – Newark Advertiser 31st October 1945 p5 c4

ASHWORTH, William - 66 Harcourt Street

- Gunner in Royal artillery

- Served in Malaya

- Age 21

- Presumed POW in Japanese hands – see Newark Herald 3rd October 1942 p5 c3 and

Newark Advertiser 7th October 1942

- Confirmed in Japanese hands - Newark Herald 1st January 1944 and Newark Advertiser

5th January 1944 p6 c5

- Further articles – Newark Herald 25th September 1943 p5 c3 and Newark Herald 15th

July 1944 p1 c4

- Freed from Japanese POW camp – Newark Herald 18th August 1945 p6 c5, Newark

Herald 15th September 1945 p1 c7 and Newark Advertiser 12th September 1945 p8 c4

ASLIN, John Robert - 4 Turpin’s Yard

- Educated at Mount School and Newark Technical College

- Employed by Edward Bailey & Son

- Keen on football, cricket & swimming

- Enlisted 1942

- Guardsman in the Grenadier Guards

- Served in France

- Killed in Germany 23rd January 1945

- See Newark Advertiser 7th February 1945 and Newark Herald 10th February 1945

Memorial in Newark parish church of St.Mary (photographed December 2019)

Rank: Guardsman

Service No: 2623393

Date of Death: 23/01/1945

Age: 20

Regiment/Service: Grenadier Guards 4th Bn.

Grave Reference: VI. 271.

Cemetery: BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY HOLLAND

Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Aslin, of Newark, Nottinghamshire. The

2nd and 4th Battalions had been converted to armour, and the 2nd Battalion, with the 1st

Battalion, which had become a Motor Battalion, served in the Guards Armoured Division

under the command of Major General Allan Adair, another Grenadier, and later to become

Colonel of the Regiment. The 4th Battalion formed part of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade.

These three Battalions fought in the battles of Normandy and across France and Germany. In

September 1944 the 1st and 2nd Battalions entered Brussels. On September 20th, tanks of

the 2nd Battalion and troops of the 1st Battalion crossed the Nijmegen Bridge Holland.

28 January Stirling LK400 1660 HCU Take off RAF Swinderby on conversion training at 16.05 ,

at 17.30 both inner engines failed and LK400 did a wheels up forced landing at Norton

Disney without injury.

(Researched by Shaun Noble (Autumn 2016)

ASLIN, Mary - Served in Auxilliary Fire Service “Voluntary worker dies at 87”. Lived in Farndon,

volunteered at Newark parish church – Newark Advertiser 24th June 1994

ASLIN, T - Of Regent Street

- Lance corporal

- Listed as returned from the Norway campaign in Newark Advertiser 15th May 1940 p8

c2-3

ASMAN, Charles Edward - 3 Britannia Buildings, Parliament Street

- Private in the Sherwood Foresters

- Served in Middle East

- Wounded in action during the Normandy landings, June 1944

- See Newark Advertiser 2nd June 1943 and 28th June 1944 p6 c5

ASMAN, Chambers - 3 Britannia Buildings, Parliament Street

- Worked at warwicks & Richardsons brewery

- Was in territorials before the war

- Served through the African campaign up to Tunisia

- Wounded in the leg

- See Newark Herald 24th June 1945

ASPDEN, Leslie - Photo in Royal Engineers football team, 1940

ATKIN, Joseph - Aged 86. Lived at 80 London Road Balderton

- His house damaged by one of the propellers from the plane crash on the Brumpton

house

- Mr Atkin uninjured

- Newark Advertiser 20th August 1941 p8 c1-2

ATKINS, F - Twice mentioned – Newark Herald 30 June 1945 p5 c4

ATKINSON, William (Bill) - “Ex-prisoner of war dies” aged 79 at South Collingham Nursing Home ( formerly of Crow

Park Avenue, Sutton-on-Trent) – Newark Advertiser 4th February 2000 p5

ATTWOOD, Thomas - Of Water Lane

- Civilian

- Wounded in a daylight raid on Newark 30th January 1941

AUBREY, J M - photo in 140th OCTU RE 170 Class Aug 1944 Bowbridge Camp