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Leading Seaman WILLIAM ERNEST NEWBITT

Service Number: C/J38997
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Delhi"

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1941

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FREETOWN (KING TOM) CEMETERY

3. C. 2.

Sierra Leone

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Medal
  • Additional Info Husband of Lily Newbitt, of Barton-upon-Humber, Humberside.
  • Personal Inscription GOLDEN MEMORIES. SOME DAY WE WILL MEET AGAIN, DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

FREETOWN (KING TOM) CEMETERY
Sierra Leone
Number of casualties: 534
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