Craig Richard Newcombe Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) 95722

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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 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., Iceland, Attached 11th Bn DLI 1/6/1942, With Bn 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, Hon 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
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Chaplain
Joined Brigade September 1939
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action December 1978
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.
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