In Memory Of

NEWBERRY, JOHN DANIEL

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1894-05-27
Rank:
 Flight Commander
Unit:
 Chingford NAS
Regiment:
 Royal Naval Air Service
Date of Death:
 1917-09-28
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, received in air crash in UK
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 D. 10. 5522.
Cemetery:
 CHINGFORD MOUNT CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Essex
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Croix de Guerre avec Palme (France)
Citations:
 LG Sup 23 August 1919 - "For valuable services rendered in connection with the war"
When war broke out he was at Cambridge studying Engineering and joined the Royal Naval Air Service. Sent to Eastern France and conducted many raids from Belfort and won the French Croix de Guerre. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. At School from January 1911 to December 1912.