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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Newport (Gwent) |
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The
Cenotaph in Clarence Place, Newport
Photo : Google Earth
Newport War Memorial stands in Clarence Place at the very busy junction of Chepstow Road, Church Road and East Usk Road in Gwent, south Wales. It is the town’s main war memorial and takes the form of a 12 metre-high cenotaph, built of portland stone and surmounted on two steps made of Cornish granite.
As a cenotaph, the Newport War Memorial contains no names of the fallen. Those names are listed separately on an illuminated Roll of Honour, stored at Newport Library in John Frost Square.
4 women and 1511 men are commemorated in the Roll of Honour as having lost their lives in the First World War.
The names of those who lost their lives have been transcribed on a website for Newport's War Dead by Shaun McGuire, together with biographical information obtained from the local Press.
7 soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment are listed in the Roll of Honour.
Private Frederick John Campbell. 33768. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly M/299034 R A S C. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Campbell,
of 67, The Uplands, Rogerstone, Newport, Mon. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 20.
Enlisted Ebbw Vale, Resided Beaufort.
Buried in VENDRESSE BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Vernon George Daniels. 35730. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 238858 12th Yeomanry Cyclist Battn. Son of John and Emily
Daniels, of Pentwyn Cottage, Malpas, Newport, Mon. Died 15 November 1918.
Aged 19.
Born Newport (Mon.), Enlisted Newport, Resided Malpas.
Buried COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY.
(Name spelled "Daniells" in SDGW)
Private John Gallear, 11241. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of John and Martha Gallear, of 14, Portskewett St., Newport; husband of Sarah
Ann Gallear, of 29, Lloyd St., Liswerry, Newport, Mon. Killed 27 September
1916. Aged 31.
Born Wolverhampton, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Liswerry.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
2nd Lieutenant Courtney Philip Howells.
3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, attached 5th Battalion KOYLI. Son of
Benjamin Philip and Mary Howells, of The Shaftesbury Hotel, Newport, Mon.
Native of Cardiff. Killed 30 September 1918. Aged 23.
Buried MASNIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, MARCOING.
There is a biography of 2nd Lieutenant Howells in De
Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, - see below.
However, this biography states that he enlisted with the West Yorkshire Regiment
(Leeds Pals) on the outbreak of war. The biography then states that he was
commissioned into the West Yorkshire Regiment in August 1918.
The Green Howards Gazette, though, has references to 2nd Lieut Courtney Philip
Howells in;-
GH Gazette Vol XXV, No 295 p70 - October 1917
GH Gazette Vol XXV, No 295 p95 - January 1918
GH Gazette Vol XXVI, No 296 p86 - September 1918, wounded
GH Gazette Vol XXVI, No 304 p 57- November 1918, kia
From the above his commission into the Yorkshire Regiment would have been
in August 1917.
He would have been attached to the KOYLI whilst serving with the Yorkshire
Regiment, before being wounded and then later killed in action.
Private Albert Pumford. 10780. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died at home 23 June 1916.
Born Wolverhampton, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Newport (Mon).
Buried NEWPORT (ST. WOOLOS) CEMETERY.
(Shown in the Green Howards Gazette database as having been wounded at the
end of 1915, while serving with the 6th Battalion. Hence served at Gallipoli,
though this is not shown on the Medal Index Card).
Private Thomas George Tidman. 34832. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 260132 R A S C. Son of Thomas and Priscilla Tidman, of 73, Lewis
St., Newport; husband of Alice Gertrude Slattery (formerly Tidman), of "Claremont",
Turner St., Newport, Mon. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 32.
Born Newport (Mon.), Enlisted Newport.
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Edwin Clifton Winter. 41714. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of E. I. and Mary Ann Winter, of 51, Llanthewy Rd., Newport,
Mon. Killed 27 September 1917. Aged 27.
Born Acton (Mddx), Enlisted Newport (Mon).
Commemorated on Panels 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
The Dedication Page on Newport's Roll of Honour
Photo : Wolverson
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