Laurence Goff Newark, Nottinghamshire's video: Remembering Newark Ransome and Marles Bearings Factory Bombing On 7th March 1941

Newark Ransome and Marles Air Raid - Anniversary commemoration on 7th March 1941 - 2020 in Newark Cemetery at 1.30pm at the Sacrifice Memorial Cross located on the Main Drive. Friends of Newark Cemetery are delighted that Newark Town Mayor Councillor Irene Brown will be coming. Ransome and Marles' Ball Bearings Factory air raid Newark Cemetery Roll of honour called out and Bell ringing and Prayers The Last Post and Reveille by Roger Bryan. It's poignant that we hold this memorial to the workers at R&M who made a large contribution to the war effort they should be remembered. 29 Men and 12 Women were killed and further 165 were injured. We shall never forget them, on this date - let's open our eyes and hearts during this anniversary. Friends Of Newark Cemetery and the town will remember them once again. - Newark's R&M Roll On Honour Names that died 1, George Harold Henry Adams, aged 45 * - (ED307) 2, Wilfred Evelyn Andrew, aged 39 * - (ED303) 3, Olive Ash, aged 31 * O - (EK253) 4, Bertie Augustus Ball, aged 18 * O - (EQ207) 5, Ernest Patrick Beale, aged 27, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment (Private) * - (WG288) 6, Edward Beaver, aged 26 (Buried in Mansfield) with no Tombstone 7, Harold Vincent Brown, aged 44 * - (EQ149) 8, Vivian Maud Castle, aged 18 ( Buried All Saints Church Elston) 9, Enid Winifred Hall Cooper, aged 30 ( Buried in Balderton in St Giles Church Yard) 10, Edna May Cottam, aged 19 * - (WT303) 11, Gladys Cummings, aged 21 * - (ED305) 12, William Joseph Dixey, aged 62 * - (EO145) 13, Frederick Fowler, aged 39 - Buried in the Churchyard of St Sebastians CofE Church, Great Gonerby, Grantham 14, George William Godridge, aged 29 * O (EH247) 15, Robert Barnsdale Grant, aged 47, his son Chris was nearly five when his Father died, he became Newark town mayor in 1991-1992 * - (EG237) 16, John Henry Green, aged 55, Volunteer Home Guard, 11th Nottinghamshire (Newark) * - (WG308) 17, Horace Grocock, aged 47, ( Buried in Barnby in the Willow) 18, Albert Robert Gyde, aged 42* - (WS305) 19, Rose Ellen Hall, aged 30 * O - (EI151) 20, James Hazelby Hanger, aged 29 * - (WR300) 21, Thomas McHallam Hardie, aged 26 * - (ED304) 22, Sybil Harriet Hayden, aged 34, Buried at Hatfield Hyde Cemetery Hollybush Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL7 4JU 23, Joyce May Kirton, aged 18, (Buried In Long Bennington) 24, Lily Lambert, aged 22 * O - (EH249) 25, George Felix Lambley, aged 39 * - (WD178) 26, Edith Makins, aged 21, ( Buried in South Collingham) - located 27, Frederick William Mann, aged 46 * O - (EG238) 28, Frederick Markell, aged 50, (St Giles Churchyard Balderton ) 29, Claude Ware Hannah Martin, aged 36 * - (WT178) 30, Edward E. Martin, aged 46 * - (ED302) 31, Richard Naylor, aged 25 * - WC175) 32, Frederick William Backwood, aged 52 * - (WS304) 33, William Thomas Pepper, aged 18, Buried in Caunton Churchyard 34, Frederick Richards, aged 32 * O - (WL306) 35, Alfred Mayfield Ridge, aged 68 * O - WF309) 36, Reginald William Senior, aged 35, died on the 8th March 1941 * (WQ305 37, George Swanwick, aged 38 * O - (EQ257) 38, Norah Trueblood, aged 34, * - (WP305) 39, Esther Evelyn Varney, aged 19, (never found) Street named Esther Varney Place, Newark NG24 1FU 40, William Warner, aged 51 * - (WB282) 41, Arthur Worrell, aged 31 * - (ED306) Newark's tribute, we will remember the people that died during Ransome and Marles Bombing. 41 were killed 30 are buried in Newark Cemetery Nottinghamshire* A Star Buried in Newark Cemetery 21 in total have a Tombstone - mark with plot number in Newark only. O is put after names that do not have a Tombstone in an unmarked grave. https://youtu.be/pg4cflwxmNs You are invited to attend or come and take part. https://www.facebook.com/groups/friendsofnewarkcemetery/ https://newarkcemeterynottinghamshirememories.weebly.com/newark-ransome--marles-air-raid-7th-march-1941-tribute https://www.facebook.com/groups/newarkransomeandmarles/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/friendsofnewarkcemetery/ Secretary Mquant.friendsofnewarkcemetery@gmail.com Laurence Goff 07794613879 laurencegoff4newark@yahoo.co.uk