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Lance Corporal WILLIAM GEORGE NEWTON

Service Number: 5345202
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 September 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY

IV, B, 5.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of George David and Emily Newton; husband of Emily Matilda Newton, of Bow, London.
  • Personal Inscription SAD BUT TRUE WE WONDER WHY THE BEST ARE ALWAYS FIRST TO DIE. MISSED BY EMIE, ROY AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1940
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