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Serjeant RICHARD NEWPORT

Service Number: 15793
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 May 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI

I. H. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Newport, of Halton, nr. Runcorn, Cheshire. Formerly assistant schoolmaster. Enlisted September, 1914.
  • Personal Inscription THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY
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Buried or commemorated at

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2515
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