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Private THOMAS NEWTON

Service Number: 5487
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 September 1916

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

III. E. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of C. Newton, of 84, Wards Yard, Thornhill Edge, nr. Dewsbury, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE GOD'S WILL BE DONE FROM HIS WIFE & FAMILY UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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