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|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939 or slightly later.
 
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939 or slightly later.
 
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
 
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
|Home address=Resident of Middlesbrough at the time of his death.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 7, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
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|Home address=Resident of Middlesbrough at the time of his death.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 7, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 
|Image Name=Newton_K_4457994.JPG
 
|Image Name=Newton_K_4457994.JPG
 
|Image Title=Pte K Newton's CWGC headstone.
 
|Image Title=Pte K Newton's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Revision as of 19:02, 18 April 2018

Personnel Entry

Pte K Newton's CWGC headstone.
Pte K Newton's CWGC headstone.

Name Newton Kenneth
Army number 4457994
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Research suggests Pte Newton was born in Middlesbrough in 1920, father Edward W., mother Mary E. (nee Holmes).
Age 21
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS. Served BEF. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. Category "B".
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939 or slightly later.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40
Home address Resident of Middlesbrough at the time of his death. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 7, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux.
Source table 1TS