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Captain CLAUDE DESMOND NEWINGTON

Service Number: 63528
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

4. F. 28.

Thailand

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 3 Lt. A.A. Regt. Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Maj. C. Newington and Mrs. C. E. S. Newington, of Chippenham, Wiltshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE OF HIS BEST TO DUTY, DEAR ONES AND COMRADES. GOD KEEP YOU, BELOVED SON
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Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 6982
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