Can anyone please identify this location? I assume that there has been a visit to a cemetery - war memorial by a group of heavily decorated veterans. The only two facts that I know are that one of the officers in the photograph was called Newbury and that he spent many years in Darjeeling. I have checked the CWGC for cemeteries and memorials in what was British India and can see no images that look anything like the building in the photograph. The mountains in the back ground could well be the Himalayas but that is not a given.
Cassino War Cemetery opening in 1956 perhaps ? The structure is the same? The officer in the centre is Earl Alexander I will post a news report when I can find it. Kyle Photo from Roll of Honour .com
Kyle & Richard, many thanks for your help which has once again demonstrated the power of this wonderful forum. I now have to work out who Newbury was and, if there was an Indian connection, whether he served with the 4th or 8th Indian Divisions. Simon
One Newbury MC awardee pops up for the Italy campaign: 17/21st Lancers supporting the crossing of the Piopetto a tributary of the Gari river. Reference: WO 373/7/167 Description: Name Newbury, David Peirson Rank: Lieutenant Service No: 255206 Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps Theatre of Combat or Operation: Italy Award: Military Cross Date of announcement in London Gazette: 24 August 1944 Recommendation for Award for Newbury, David Peirson Rank: Lieutenant Service... | The National Archives
... but could the Newbury refer to his father? NEWBURY, DAVID PEIRSON. Rank: Lieutenant. Service No: 255206. Date of Death: 17/06/1944. Age: 21. Regiment/Service: Royal Armoured Corps 17th/21st Lancers Awards: M C Grave Reference: IX, F, 9. Cemetery: ASSISI WAR CEMETERY. Additional Information: Son of Brigadier T. G. Newbury, M.C., and Dorothy Newbury, of Fleet, Hampshire.
What I have from the back of the photograph is the name Mrs Newbury but if the picture framer wrote what he heard it might be a misspelling. The 1944 Army List has officers called Newberry, Newbery and Newbury and I have not been able to check the Indian Army lists. There also may be a Bristol connection.
Is the signature , Mrs Newbury, definitely associated with one of those in the photograph ? I only ask because of your comment regarding a mis-spelled name? Could `Mrs Newbury` be a relative of someone commemorated on the Cassino Memorial which was being unveiled ? There`s this lad `Newberry` commemorated there;- JAMES HERBERT NEWBERRY, Rank: Private Service No:5726350 Date of Death:12/05/1944 Age:23 Regiment/Service:Somerset Light Infantry 2nd Bn. Grave Reference: VIII. J. 13. Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY Additional Information:Husband of Winifred Ada Newberry, of Whitstable, Kent. Just thinking out aloud I know it states `of Whitstable,Kent ` but according to the Army Roll of Honour he was born in Dorset ,50 miles? from Bristol. Kyle
My gut feeling is that 'Newbury' refers to someone in the photograph and Mrs Newbury took the photograph into the shop for framing. If Mrs Newbury was the man's wife it should be possible to work out who Mr Newbury was. If Mrs Newbury was his housekeeper I have reached a dead end. The photograph came from someone who does house clearances.
Interesting - following on from Mr Jinks post I dug a little deeper and found: Herbert John Newberry 1921–1944 BIRTH SEP 1921 • Wareham, Wiltshire DEATH 1944 • Mount Cassino But it must be added that there is an alteration to the record as he is shown as being born in Wareham, and Ancestry seem to have transcribed that incorrectly (as usual) to Wiltshire when in fact it is in Devon which fits the other info from the Roll of Honour England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005 Name: Herbert J Newberry Mother's Maiden Surname: Edmonds Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1921 Registration district: Wareham Inferred County: Wiltshire [Dorset] Volume Number: 5a Page Number: 473 I also note that the forenames are reversed and John has become James Marriage details: England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 Name: Herbert J Newberry Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1942 Registration district: Bridge Inferred County: Kent Spouse: Winifred A Allen Volume Number: 2a Page Number: 3817 Its also possible that his wife Winifred Ada Newberry re married Name: Winifred A Newberry Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1956 Registration district: Bridge Inferred County: Kent Spouse: Raymond Wood Volume Number: 5b Page Number: 137 TD
