Joseph Robert Newton – 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal

Corporal 18788 12th Btn Durham Light Infantry. Enlisted 8th September 1914. Died of Wounds 7th July 1917, aged 21 years, France & Flanders

Service records show address as 7 Windsor Terrace, New Kyo, Annfield Plain
16 Apr 1915 appointed Lance Corporal
7 Aug 1915 deprived of rank, absent from tattoo from 31 July 1915 – 6 Aug 1915 5.30 am
25 Aug 1915 Entered Theatre of War, France
22 March 1916 bruised back to 70 Field Ambulance
26 March 1916 bruised back to 71 Field Ambulance, 31 March re-joined unit
21 June 1916 inflamed connective tissue legs 2 Casualty Clearing Station
29 June 1916 re-joined unit
5 Dec 1916 appointed unpaid Lance Corporal
8 Jan 1917 promoted Corporal

9 June 1917 reduced to Private under section 183(2) of Army Act
(this statement appears on two different records but it is crossed out on one)

10 June 1917 promoted Corporal
7 July 1917 died 70th Field Ambulance, France from gun shot wound to left arm and back.
Total service 351 days
Items returned to the family were photographs, letter, pipe, cigarette case and 2 cigarettes, cards, purse, two diaries, knife, fork and spoon (combined) badges, religious book, pocket book cover.

Awarded 1914-1915 Star, British Medal & Victory Medal

Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (II.B.20)