NEW, Gerald Edward Martin

Florence War Cemetery, ItalyCredit: CWGC

Captain
2nd/4th Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Gerald was born on the 19th of March 1914 in Newport to Charles Henry & Beatrice Melina (nee MATTHEWS) NEW. He married Elvira Marjorie, who was living in Clerkenwell, London at the time of Gerald’s death. The 1938 Roll had Gerald living at 7 Inglebert Street, Finsbury in London.

Gerald, aged 31, was Killed in Action on the 28th of July 1944 & rests in the Florence War Cemetery in Italy beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription: “THE LOVE OF GOD LIVES THROUGH ETERNITY AND CONQUERS ALL”. Gerald lies alongside over 1,600 of his Second World War comrades.

Gerald is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.