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| Name: | Maurice Ashdown Newnham | Country: | England | Rank: | Captain | Service: | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | Squadrons: | 4, 65 | Victories: | 18 | Born: | 1897 | Place of Birth: | | Died: | 1974 | Place of Death: | |
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| | At the age of 17, Newnham joined the Royal Flying Corps as a dispatch rider. Assigned to 4 Squadron in France, he was sent back to England for flight training a year and a half later. His Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) citation credited him with 102 offensive patrols during the war. |
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