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Rifleman LEONARD JAMES NEWTON

Service Number: A/3517
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

XIV. C. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and the late Emily Newton, of Thetford, Norfolk.
  • Personal Inscription THE LOVE THAT LINGERS O'ER HIS NAME IS MORE THAN FAME
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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