Peter Newlove - obituary

Peter Newlove joined the Northamptonshire Regiment in 1943 and later transferred to the Green Howards. He was discharged in 1944 after being wounded at the Battle of Anzio in Italy.

His injury led to the amputation of his right arm in 1949 in Scotland, where he met and married his wife, Rose. Peter and Rose had three sons and a daughter, and Peter worked for many years for British Aluminium and, later, Tarmac.

Peter was an active Member of Blesma from 1968 in the Stirling and, later, Glasgow Branches. He was Minute Secretary from 1992 until 2010, all in longhand. He was Branch and Scottish Delegate, and was a long-serving member of the Scottish War Pensions Committee. He spent countless hours assisting Blesma Members and Widows, and, in 2004, he received the Ernie Law Memorial Award. After Rose died he began his world travels, firstly revisiting Anzio to honour his friends who had died there. He travelled to New Zealand frequently to visit one of his sons, and made many friends on his travels.

Peter always attended the Falkirk Remembrance events, and although he was too ill to attend last year, he watched the service at the Cenotaph on TV. It was the last programme he watched.

Brave to the end. He will be missed.