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Private JOHN EDWARD NEWTON

Service Number: 174916
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

R.D. Coy.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1919

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLUMSTEAD CEMETERY

B. 683.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Maria Newton, of 26, Armstrong St., Plumstead.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS IN THAT HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

PLUMSTEAD CEMETERY
London United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 189
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