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Latest revision as of 11:28, 10 March 2022
Personnel Entry
Name Newton Robert
Army number 4453694
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date yet known. Posted to the ? Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France? Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Wounded. Posted ? Bn Black Watch - probably on the disbandment of the Brigade. Returned to the UK. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 11/8/46.
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit 15 Platoon. Company HQ. Platoon 7 S.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Possibly 1/9/1939, but certainly 1/2/1940.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - reported wounded N W Europe July 1944.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address The Dispensary, West St. Gateshead
Source table 1TS
