Both at rest in Imtarfa Military Cemetery, Malta in Plot 1. Row 1C. Grave 5
1.1C.5 NEWEY, Wilfred George. (D.S.O., T.D.) Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Artillery killed when the plane he was travelling on crashed into the sea 1st February 1945 off Lampedusa Island, Italy whilst travelling to attend the Crimea Conference he was aged 23. Son of James George and Ouida Ethel Newey and he was the husband of Marjorie Newey, nee Rowland, of Welford-on-Avon, Warwickshire.
Wills and Admin. Ancestry. He lived at Talton House, Alderminster, near Stratford -on-Avon. Probate at Birmingham 20th April 1945 to Herbert Arthur Briscoe, company secretary, Charles Leslie Chatwin, solicitor and John Cecil Rowland company director. Effects £24178.3.5d.
At rest in Imtarfa Military Cemetery, Malta in Plot 1. Row 1C. Grave 5
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HOOPER, Ivor Stuart Huntly. (Mentioned in Despatches.)
Lieutenant Colonel 38594, West Yorkshire Regiment. Died of injuries on the 2nd February 1945 aged 37 when the plane he was travelling on crashed into the sea on the 1st February 1945 off Lampedusa Island, Italy. He was the son of Lt.-Col. Stuart Huntly Hooper, formerly of the Royal Artillery, and Georgina Dora Hooper, of Whitmore Cottage, Shawford, Winchester.
Wills and Admin. Ancestry. He lived at Whitmore Cottage, Shawford, Hampshire . His effects went his mother Georgina Dora Hooper, widow.
At rest in Imtarfa Military Cemetery, Malta in Plot 1. Row 1C. Grave 5
British Delegation Yalta Conference
A York aircraft bound for Malta from England failed to find the island on the night of 1 Feb 1945, and attempted to ditch into the sea just off Lampedusa. The aircraft, which was carrying a party of the British Delegation to the Yalta Conference, broke up on striking the water. Out of twenty on board, five escaped serious injury, No 38594 Lt Col Ivor Stuart Huntly Hooper West Yorkshire Regiment died shortly after being rescued from his multiple injuries, eleven were killed instantly. Three bodies were not recovered.
The medical officer of Air HQ Malta arrived by Anson from RAF Hal Far and was joined on 2 Feb by Sqn Ldr Walker and Flt LtMcNair who had arrived from Malta by Naval Motor Launch. Five survivors had been picked up by an American Destroyer USS Kenerick and were transferred to No 90 General Hospital. The twelve passengers killed were also brought to Malta on a British destroyer and buried at Mtarfa Military Cemetery.
