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Second Lieutenant HENRY JOSEPH NEWTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

60th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 02 August 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEAUMETZ COMMUNAL CEMETERY, CARTIGNY

Near crucifix.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and Cheshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Newton, of Hampstead, London. Formerly Lt. 12th London Regt. (The Rangers), previously wounded at Ypres, May, 1915.
  • Personal Inscription HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE YET WILL EVER LIVE IN OUR MEMORIES
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Buried or commemorated at

BEAUMETZ COMMUNAL CEMETERY, CARTIGNY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 4
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