NEWMAN Raymond Arthur

  • First Name(s):
    Raymond 
    Arthur 
  • Surname:
    NEWMAN
  • Service Number:
    941946
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Artillery
  • Regiment:
    88 Field Regiment
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    7th January 1944
  • Age At Death:
    27
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan, British Section Q. A. 13.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Ernest Thomas Newman and Nellie Newman, of Halesowen, Worcestershire

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NEWMAN Raymond Arthur Is Named On These Memorials

Halesowen War Memorial

Further Information About NEWMAN Raymond Arthur

Raymond Newman was born on 14th October 1918 in Halesowen, Worcestershire.  He was captured on 15th February 1942 when Singapore fell to the invading Japanese forces. Prisoner of war records record his parents as Thomas Ernest and Nellie Newman, his home address as 120 Hayley Green, Halesowen, near Birmingham and his occupation as a Tube Worker.  He died from pneumonia and dysentery at Aomi, Japan whilst a prisoner of war in Japanese hands.

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