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|Date of birth=8/10/1908
 
|Date of birth=8/10/1908
 
|Age=0
 
|Age=0
|Unit=Royal Army Chaplains' Department, RARO 26/5/1939, Embodied 24/8/1939, Posted to 70th Infantry Brigade September 1939, Attached 12th Bn DLI, Attached 1 TS 1/2/1940, B.E.F. Evacuated from Boulogne or Calais.  Served Iceland. Attached 11th Bn DLI 1/6/1942. With 11th DLI on disbandment August 1944. Attached 30 Corps Troops REME Workshop. Senior Chaplain to a Division as at September 1944. Released from service 1945. Rector of Alfreton. Honorary Canon of Derby 1950.  Ceased RARO liability on age grounds 8/10/1963, retained Hon rank of Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class.
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|Unit=Commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' DepartmentRARO 26/5/1939Embodied 24/8/1939Posted to 70th Infantry Brigade September 1939Attached to 12th Bn DLIAttached 1 TS 1/2/1940 on 12th Battalion being transferred to the Corps of the Black Watch.  Served B.E.F. Evacuated from either Boulogne or Calais.  Served Iceland. Attached to 11th Bn DLI 1/6/1942. With 11th DLI on disbandment August 1944. Attached to 30 Corps Troops REME Workshop. Senior Chaplain to a Division as at September 1944. Released from service 1945. Rector of Alfreton. Honorary Canon of Derby 1950.  Ceased RARO liability on age grounds 8/10/1963, retained Hon rank of Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class.
|Company/Battery=Bn HQ
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|Company/Battery=Battalion HQ.
|Task or role=Chaplain
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|Task or role=Chaplain/Padre.
|Joined Brigade=September 1939
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|Joined Brigade=September 1939.
 
|Died/Killed in action=Death registered December 1978 - Chesterfield.
 
|Died/Killed in action=Death registered December 1978 - Chesterfield.
 
|Home address=Son of Very Reverend Herbert Newcombe, Dean of Kildare, County Kildare.  Educated Haileybury and Trinity College Dublin (MA 1931).  Married 1938 Grace, daughter of J E Walton of Birmingham.
 
|Home address=Son of Very Reverend Herbert Newcombe, Dean of Kildare, County Kildare.  Educated Haileybury and Trinity College Dublin (MA 1931).  Married 1938 Grace, daughter of J E Walton of Birmingham.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Revision as of 09:24, 1 July 2018

Personnel Entry

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Name Craig Richard Newcombe
Army number 95722
Rank Captain - Chaplain 4th Class
Decorations M.C.
Date of birth 8/10/1908
Age 0
Unit Commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department. RARO 26/5/1939. Embodied 24/8/1939. Posted to 70th Infantry Brigade September 1939. Attached to 12th Bn DLI. Attached 1 TS 1/2/1940 on 12th Battalion being transferred to the Corps of the Black Watch. Served B.E.F. Evacuated from either Boulogne or Calais. Served Iceland. Attached to 11th Bn DLI 1/6/1942. With 11th DLI on disbandment August 1944. Attached to 30 Corps Troops REME Workshop. Senior Chaplain to a Division as at September 1944. Released from service 1945. Rector of Alfreton. Honorary Canon of Derby 1950. Ceased RARO liability on age grounds 8/10/1963, retained Hon rank of Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class.
Company/Battery Battalion HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Chaplain/Padre.
Joined Brigade September 1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Death registered December 1978 - Chesterfield.
Home address Son of Very Reverend Herbert Newcombe, Dean of Kildare, County Kildare. Educated Haileybury and Trinity College Dublin (MA 1931). Married 1938 Grace, daughter of J E Walton of Birmingham.
Source table 1TS