Name
Harold Douglas Newton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/09/1917
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Sergeant
39638
Gloucestershire Regiment
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
Enclosure No.4 XII. L. 12.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial,
All Saints Church Memorial, Hertford,
St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware,
Christchurch Memorial, Ware
Ware Town Memorial
Pre War
Born in 1885 in Dickinson’s Yard, Ware, Hertfordshire son of Joseph and Sarah Amy (Welch) Newton and living in 1 Caroline Court, Baldock Road, Ware in 1901 and in 9 Cherry Tree Yard, Amwell End, Ware in 1911 as a domestic gardener.
He married Emily Gates in 1915 in Hertford and they lived at 17 Townshend Street, Hertford.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford formerly 2516 Hertfordshire Regiment and was killed in action at Passchendaele.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
