This memorial page is dedicated to Edward Graham Newton, one of more than 725 war victims connected to the municipality of Deurne documented by Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers. The municipality of Deurne and the surrounding villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Helenaveen, Neerkant and Zeilberg were liberated in the autumn of 1944 during heavy fighting. Victims fell on all sides: Allied soldiers from countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand, and German soldiers.

But the archive covers more than just the combat victims on Deurne soil. Residents of Deurne who lost their lives elsewhere are also commemorated: civilians who were murdered in concentration camps, forced labourers who died in Germany, people who were executed or succumbed to the effects of persecution and oppression. In addition, residents of Deurne who entered German military service and were killed elsewhere are also included.

Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers has been documenting the story of all these people since 1995, without distinction of nationality, side or background. The goal is to give every person a name and a face, and to keep their memory alive.

 

Name: Newton
First names: Edward Graham
Nickname: –
Date of birth: –
Place of birth: Durham (County)
Residence: in Oswestry
Rank / Occupation: Trooper
Identity tag: 14224319
Unit: Royal Armoured Corps, 23rd Hussars.
Date of death: 4 November 1944
Place of death: Deurne
Cause of death: burnt to death in a farmhouse
Cemetery: Nederweert War Cemetery
Memorial site: Oswestry War Memorial (United Kingdom)

Additional information

Grave location: I. D. 1.

Aged 21. Son of Arthur Percival and Emily Jessie Newton, of Oswestry, Shropshire.

During the fire on 4 November 1944, a barn at Goor, which was used to store crops such as straw and rye, went up in flames. The fire broke out at around half past seven in the morning, probably because one or more of the 30 Allied soldiers stationed there were lighting a fire in or near the barn belonging to C. Manders, Goor D.63.

Two Allied soldiers, Edward Graham Newton and Meinhard Ronald Weil, were killed in the fire. Thanks to the intervention of the fire brigade, it was possible to prevent the fire – which had by then spread to the house – from causing further devastation there. The material damage amounted to 2,000 guilders.

Edward Graham Newton’s field grave was located near Kwadestaartweg D. 76 in Deurne.

Fire report (Incidentally, this is the first report from the fire brigade following 24 September 1944)
Brandrapport (Overigens is dit het eerste rapport van de brandweer van na 24-9-1944)
Local newspaper report
Lokaal Krantenbericht

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