Newton Kenneth Pte 4457994
Personnel Entry
Name Newton Kenneth
Army number 4457994
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Research suggests Pte Newton was born in Middlesbrough in 1920, father Edward W., mother Mary E. (nee Holmes).
Age 21 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Spring/Summer 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- Casualty L. Category "B".
Company/Battery C Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939 or slightly later.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 7, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux.
Home address Resident of Middlesbrough at the time of his death.
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