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Newman, Charles Edward, son of Kenneth Edward Newman (qv); b. 7 Sept. 1921; adm. Sept. 1935 (G); left July 1938; Sgt RAFVR, killed in action (Libya) 7 Dec. 1941.

Charles Edward Newman was born at Shanghai, China on the 7th of September 1921 the son of Kenneth Edward Newman, a solicitor, and Phyllis Louise (nee Budd) Newman of 593-11, Amherst Avenue, Shanghai, China and of 9, Maxwell Road, Northwood in Middlesex. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from September 1935 to July 1938.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a wireless operator/air gunner and rose to the rank of Sergeant.
Charles Newman and his crew took off from Kabrit on the 9th of December 1941 in Wellington Mk II Z8333 to bomb enemy motor transport at Derna Landing Ground in Libya. The aircraft failed to return from the raid.
The crew was: -
Sergeant Hyman Freeman (Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Derek Lahee Skinner DFC (Pilot)
Sergeant Norman Maddox (Observer)
Sergeant James Marsland (2nd Pilot)
Sergeant Charles Edward Newman (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Richard Malcolm Douglas McLeod (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Hyman Freeman’s body was found on a beach between Derna and Mrassa Wells, some seven miles from Tobruk in February 1942. He was buried there but the grave site was subsequently lost.
He is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial Column 243.

Newman, Bryan John, son of Lieut. -Col. Arthur John Newman of Beckenham, Kent, and Gladis Mary Higgins of Nairobi, Kenya; b. 30 Nov. 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left July 1944; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1944; RAF 1944-5; adm. solicitor July 1951; practised in Croydon; JP 1975; m. Oct. 1949 Dr Marianna Lubinski, d. of Maj. Karol Lubinski of Hampstead; d. 15 Oct. 2000.

NEWMAN, ALBERT AUGUSTUS, son of Edwin Newman, Newport, Monmouthshire, and Susannah, dau. of David Evans, Newport; b. 16 Jun 1855; adm. 27 May 1869 (James'); left Christmas 1871; adm. solicitor Jul 1877; Town Clerk of Newport, Monmouthshire 1882-1922; m. 16 Sep 1886 Sarah Jane Gertrude, dau. of Thomas Evans, Roath, Cardiff; d. 1942.

NEWMAN, ---; b.; in school list Jun 1764.

NEWMAN, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner in 1584 (Chapter Muniments 33641).

NEWLANDS, ALEXANDER JAMES FREDERIC; b. [India ?] 12 Aug 1867; adm. 26 Jan 1883 (G); left May 1884.

NEWLAND, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS 1636; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1639, adm. pens. 30 May 1639, scholar 1640; BA 1642/3.

NEWINGTON, FREDERICK DE BERCKEM, son of Rev. Philip Playsted Newington, Curate of Wilmington, Kent, and Mary Holmes, dau. of Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Westerham, Kent; b. 24 Jul 1861; adm. 3 Feb 1876 (G); left Dec 1878; m. 24 Feb 1903 Frances Rhoda, widow of Edward Wallace Evans, and dau. of Arthur Herbert Cocks CB, Bengal Civil Service (previously EICS Bengal), Whitbourne Court, Herefs.; d. 17 Oct 1939.

NEWEY, THOMAS, son of Thomas Newey, Eyton, Shropshire; b.; adm.; BB 1669; KS 1670; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1675, matr. 18 Jun 1675, aged 17, Westminster Student 29 Dec 1675 – void 1704, Tutor 1682-91, Junior Censor 1685-7, Senior Censor 1688-9, Catechist 1692-3; BA 1679; MA 1682; BD 1692; DD 1701; Proctor 1689; ordained priest (Rochester) 22 May 1692 [but already ordained by Jul 1686 ?]; Chaplain to Right Rev. Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart. (qv), Bishop of Exeter; Prebendary of Exeter from 1 Oct 1692, Chancellor 5 May 1704-6, Precentor from 11 Dec 1706; Rector of Lezant, Cornwall 15 Jun 1702-10 (disp. to hold with Harberton 1703); Vicar of Harberton, Devon 5 Apr 1703-10; Rector of Itchen Abbas, Hampshire (by 1708); Rector of Wonston, Hampshire, from 3 Jun 1710; Prebendary of Winchester from 23 Jun 1712; d. 6 May 1723.