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Newport's War Dead

formerly Newport, Monmouthshire, UK

Dedicated to the war dead  of Newport City, Gwent formerly Newport, Monmouthshire lost in all confrontations.

The majority of names on this website have originally come from two Rolls of Honour books held at the Reference Library in Newport, Gwent. There is one for each world war and I recognise that there are mistakes in both of them which will be repeated here, as well as some names will be omitted unintentionally but can be rectified if I am informed.

The details supplied by both books have been supplemented by further information obtained from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website as well as the addition of photographs of the individuals if they can be obtained or of their graves or of a memorial in their name.

It should be noted that with some names, I have been unable to find any trace of them on the CWGC website and other names seem to have little or no connection with Newport.

I trust the integrity of the original researchers and not knowing the criteria that they laid down to consider someone as being one of Newport's War Dead, I have not removed any of the original names as listed in both books. I have how ever found many more names that should have been included but were not and they are now in this data base.

"at the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them (by name)"

This web site recognises the work done by Mr Mike Etchells in compiling the names for the World War II book and an unknown author for the World War I book and without the effort that these persons put into their books, then this web site would not have happened.

I have now set up a sister web site listing the war dead of Cwmbran and District.

To visit this site    CLICK HERE

 

Listen to some of the songs from World War One by clicking HERE

 

The lists under the letters below gives the Surname, Christian names, Age, Date of Death, Service, Number, Rank, Awards (in bold text), Next of Kin, where buried or where listed on a memorial, grave number or plaque number and where else listed on a local memorial ie. school.

All the information is as known and will not be complete and I would welcome further information about any of these persons.

 

There are approximately 3036 casualty names of Newport's war dead both military and civilian, 12 Allied casualties, 3 German war dead and 1 VC recipient's suicide in this data base (22nd March 2009)

Information about the persons from the Commonwealth War graves Commission website

and also

The Armed Forces Memorial Web site

 

Newport's Roll of Honour

Click on the Alphabet below for the surnames of Newport's War Dead

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Click the buttons below for specific information about various categories.

 

                                                                                                                         

Local Memorials     Young Service Casualties     Female Casualties   Young Civilian Casualties    Can You Help?

                                                                                         

Allied National's Graves           Newport's German War Dead          Verse's and Quotations

 

                                               

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Please sign the Guestbook page CLICK HERE. Your comments about the website are welcomed and in particular any about the casualties who may have been related or friends.

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20th October 2007

The music playing is the "Green Fields of France" or also known as "Willie McBride" and "No Man's Land"

written and sung by © Eric Bogle.

For the lyrics of this song please click... HERE

In contrast to the names below, the office staff at the St Woolos cemetery have been the most un-help full and obstructive persons I have come across and if any information has been divulged it has been reluctantly given.

The “lady” in the office is far the worst and her only interest is to gas-bag all day and the fact that when I have approached the visitors window and you stand there for quite a number of minutes waiting to be taken notice of because she sits herself so that she is not in full view of the window, you can see her hands moving in relation to her conversation, certainly not a conversation that is work related.

In my case, when I am noticed, the expression on her face changes to looks of thunder and I am very fortunate that looks don’t KILL because I would never get out of that cemetery alive like most of the occupants already there.

The superintendent Mr Charles Dare has now informed me that he now expects a search fee of Ł36 pounds for any information that I am after and considering that I set this web site in honour and memory of Newport’s citizens and others that made the ultimate sacrifice, I think Charles Dare is a disgrace to Newport.

LEST WE FORGET, Charles Dare has already!!

Mr Charles Dare also on my last visit accused me of making money out of the information I am collating and nothing is further from the truth and at my own expense and time I have collected this information without one penny being given\donated by any individual or asked for.

 

With special thanks to Dennis Taylor, Rogerstne for lending me his signed copy of Mike Etchells Roll of Honour WW2 book ,  Mr Ronald Pope at Christchurh cemetery, Newport for showing me where quite a number of war graves lie and pointing out some interesting facts that led me to some other unrecognised war dead, Mr Terry Underwood for the Gimlett photographs, Mr Ron Black at Newport's Synagogue, David Woolven for Newport High School casualties, Mr Stephen Hales for the Lysaght's (Orb) Steelworks memorial, Dennis Bennett for NAC and Newport Rugby Club memorials, Mr Billy McGee for the amount of ships photographs that he sent me and for the information on a number of Newport MN seamen who died in war and are not recognised by the CWGC as war dead,  especially all the families that have sent me photographs to add to the names of their loved ones and Mr Hilary Thornley of Pinner, Middlesex whose own research was one of the inspirations for this web site.

 

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