Lance Newnham
Lanceray Arthur Newnham | |
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| Born | 3 August 1889 British India |
| Died | 18 December 1943 (aged 54) Sham Shui Prison Camp, Japanese-occupied Hong Kong |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1910–1943 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Service number | 6265 |
| Unit | Middlesex Regiment |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards |  George Cross Military Cross |
Second World War
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Early life
Newnham was born on 3 August 1889 in India. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Tristram H. Newnham and his wife, Ekaterina. He was educated in England, at Bedales School[2]
First World War
Newnham was first deployed to France to join the British Expeditionary Force as a Captain with the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) in August 1915.[3]
On 5 February 1916 he was appointed as the Brigade Major, 169th (Infantry) Brigade,
Brigadier-General
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On 7 January 1918 he married Phillys Edith Henderson at St. Mary's Church, Finchely, Middlesex, England. (Marriage Register, England & Wales).
Second World War
Newnham was serving with the
firing squad in Sham Shui Prison Camp on 18 December 1943.[7]
He is buried at the Stanley Military Cemetery in Hong Kong.[8]
Notes
- ^ Michael Ashcroft, George Cross Heroes, 2010
- ^ Bedales School Roll, eds Anne Archer, Dennis Archer, The Bedales Association, 1993
- ^ World War I Medal Index Cards Index, National Archive, Kew, England
- ^ C.H. Dudley-Ward, 56th Division (1921)
- ^ Lt Col John Studholme, Some Records of the NZ Expeditionary Force, 1928, p. 227
- ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1917. p. 39.
- ^ John Frayn Turner, Awards of the George Cross 1940-2009 (Casemate Publishers, 2010), 85.
- ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission – Colonel Lanceray Arthur Newnham GC
