Hello All, Its with great sadness that I have to tell you all of the passing of Frank Newhouse MBE 10 Para Arnhem Veteran, I had the pleasure of meeting Frank many times over the years.. Frank may you now RIP and have one on me.... Regards Tom
Tom, Just seen this....I'm gobsmacked! I was in the Cemetery at Oosterbeek on the Sunday - four weeks ago acting as his bodyguard in getting out of there as we were both going to the ambassador's cocktail party and he seemed fit and well..... One of the youngest Arnhem veterans...he was only just over 18 in 1944 and takne prisoner at Wolfheze railway station on the 19th IIRC..... A sad loss and also treasurer of the Arnhem Veterans Club.
Hi AM, I had a talk with Johnny Peters at the cemetery this year and he told me that Frank shouldn't have gone to Arnhem... The Docs told him he didn't have long and yet the Gentleman he was no one knew what was going on.. Tom Like you said a sad loss for sure...
Thank you all for such kind words about my Grandfather, Frank Newhouse. It's so nice to read that our wonderful grandfather touched so many people. He will be sadly missed, such a massive loss to our family.
Hi airbourne medic What a wonderful pic, do you have any other photo's from Oosterbeek this year? Thanks Jo Newhouse
Hello Jo, I'm so sorry to hear about Frank so wanted you to see this, taken this year at the hotel.. With Frank are Dennis Uphill and Len Hoare if you want a copy PM me with your email addy and your welcome to that for sure... Regards Tom Buttress
Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks out of her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks. 'Ms. Cothren, where are our desks?' She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.' They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.' 'No,' she said.. 'Maybe it's our behavior.' She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.' And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom. By early afternoon, television news crews had started gathering in Ms. Cothren's classroom to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room. The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the deskless classroom, Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he/she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.' At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniform, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned. Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.'
Hi All, Just had some news Friday 30.10.09 will be Frank's funral at 11.am staying with a friend so maybe Jo can give you all the details Regards Tom
