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Major OLIVER HAMILTON NEWTON

Service Number: 170246
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 November 1942

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

7. A. 1.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross and 2 Bars
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Alfred Newton and of Mary Geraldine Newton (nee Belhaven); husband of Isobel Frances Newton (nee Northey), of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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