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Pte. Edward Alexander Newton
British Army 18th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leicester
Edward Newton Enlisted 9-12-15 and went to France on 24-9-16, he received gun shot wound to the chest on 1-3-17. He was treated in Croydon hospital from 24-3-17 to 21 -5-17 and remained in the UK until 27-7-17 when he returned to France. On 25-4-18 he was blinded by shell burst and 26-4-18 is recorded as being gas poisoning blind for 5 weeks, he was discharged 6-3-19.
He had wife and 4 daughters when he enlisted and had a further 3 daughters after the war.