• Operation Market Garden

Date of death:

September 25th, 1944 (Veghel (Noord-Brabant))

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Uden
Plot: 4. Row: D. Grave: 5.

Service number:

3524040

Nationality:

British

L. Sjt. Thomas Newman
44th Royal Tank Regt. RAC
Killed on 25-9-1944, around 13:00, during Operation 'Market Garden' near Logtenburg, a wooded area along the Veghel - Sint-Oedenrode road, in Veghel, as commander of a Sherman tank.
While the Sherman was supporting American paratroopers, it was immediately attacked by a heavy German tank upon leaving the woods and destroyed; three crew members were killed. They were buried in a field in a meadow near the municipal woods at Logtenburg-Koevering in Veghel.
Reburied at the British War Cemetery Uden on 11-7-1946.
The following died with him: P.C. Hollis and F.H. Huggins.

Archive A. Verbakel / Heemkundekring Uden

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