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Lance Bombardier JOHN DERBY NEWTON

Service Number: 882331
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

162 Bty., 127 H.A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WOOLWICH CEMETERY

Sec. 11. Grave 103.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick Charles and Gertrude Jessie Newton, of Clapham Common; husband of Beatrice Newton.
  • Personal Inscription "HERE, A BOY, HE DWELT THRO' ALL THE SINGING SEASON AND ERE THE DAY OF SORROW DEPARTED AS HE CAME"
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