They shall not grow old,
as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, have approved for Darlington Branch of The Royal British Legion, to publish photos and information of War Graves and Memorials, of Darlington Born Military not buried in the Darlington area

(Updated 10/03/2025) 

Please Note

• War Graves are not shown in any Country, Date, Rank, Corps, Unit, Organisation Or Regimental Order
• This is an on-going project, where further information and records are still to be found by the RBL Darlington Branch Project Team

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24380988 Cpl John Newton - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Armourer) (REME), attached to 22 Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) - Died 19/05/1982 Aged 22

Born: 06/06/1959

From: Darlington, County Durham, England

John joined the SAS in 1980.  

He was one of 21 who died aboard a Sea King helicopter that crashed into the sea of the Falkland Islands on 19th May 1982

He rests at sea along with his comrades and the wreck of the Sea King

John is remembered on the Falklands Conflict Memorial in Alexandra Gardens, Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales. 

John is remembered on the 1982 Liberation Memorial, Stanley, Falkland Islands, where the names of the 255 British military personnel who died during the war are listed on ten plaques behind the Memorial

All British military personnel who died during the war are remembered at the National Falklands Memorial, the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire, England

John is also remembered on a War Memorial Plaque at the school he attend.  Haughton Academy, The Education Village, Haughton-Le-Skerne, Darlington, County Durham, England

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