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Private DOUGLAS NEWMAN

Service Number: 6288729
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 28 May 1940 and 23 June 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESCOUBLAC-LA-BAULE WAR CEMETERY

1. B. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Edith Gertrude Newman, of Rayleigh, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

ESCOUBLAC-LA-BAULE WAR CEMETERY
Loire-Atlantique France
Number of casualties: 329
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