The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
28th October 1940 age 26.
O valiant heart who to your glory came, your name is hallowed in the home you loved.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Harold George Watson, son of Charles George and Annie Mary Watson, of Newburn.
North East War Memorials Project:
Every Name a Story
In St. Andrew’s churchyard is the Commonwealth War Grave of:4272932 Fusilier H.G. Watson
The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
28th October 1940 Age 26
O valiant heart who to your glory came Your name is hallowed in the home you loved.
The son of Charles George and Annie Mary Watson, of Newburn
Harold George Watson is possibly remembered at Newburn on N13.02 and in the R.N.F. Book of Remembrance page 21.
Royal Australian Air Force
24th August 1942 age 31.
Greater love hath no man.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission states: James Arthur Trotter, 402454, Pilot Officer with RAAF, died 20/08/1942. Son of Arthur & Lillian Trotter of Sydney, New South Wales; husband of Jean Bainbridge Fullarton Trotter, of Carruthers, Saskatchewan, Canada.
North East War Memorials Project quotes RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War:
P/O J.A. Trotter was a member of the crew of Stirling bomber N6083 OJ-N which took off from Lakenheath (Suffolk) on a mission to Frankfurt. An engine caught fire almost immediately, causing the aircraft to crash just a mile away from the end of the runway. All the crew were killed.
There is a blog article about Pilot Officer James Arthur Trotter here.
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