Sage War Cemetery
Historical Information (Source: CWGC)
Sage was on the line of the Allied advance across northern Germany in 1945 but most of those buried at Sage War Cemetery were airmen lost in bombing raids over northern Euope whose graves were brought in from cemeteries in the Frisian Islands and other parts of north-west Germany.
Sage War Cemetery contains 948 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 158 of them unidentified. There are also 23 war graves of other nationalities, most of them Polish.
Served with
- Australian (34)
- Canadian (122)
- New Zealand (34)
- Norwegian (1)
- Polish (22)
- United Kingdom (603)
Served in
- Air Force (641)
- Army (159)
- Merchant Navy (3)
- Navy (13)
P/O Reginald William “Rex” Newman, RAF VR - Died 28 May 1940
Died aboard coastal steam ship SS Abukir which was torpedoed and sunk by E-Boat S-34 in the North Sea.
“Rex” was William Henry and Mary Newman's only son and his name is mentioned on his parents grave in Schoonselhof Cemetery in Antwerp
