Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Newport Borough Cemetery : L A Newnham -

Location

In Newport Borough Cemetery, Newport, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Standard EWGC headstone. WW II pattern.

Grave location H unconsecrated 86

Headstone


 

Inscription


 
Further Information

CWGC record ...
 
Son of Alfred and Fanny Newnham, of Newport.
 
On 24th February 1945, an Avro Lancaster bomber (RF137 QR-E of 61 Sqn), having returned to RAF Skellingthorpe in Lincolnshire from a raid, was being disarmed when it suddenly blew up killing a number of the ground crew, and injuring many more. Ldg Aircraftmen B Burnell, C H Higgins and H G Wilson were among those killed.
 
Information from : John Bloodworth