Private George Newton

Army Number : 26869

Battalion : 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Nottingham and lived at 25, Clifford Street, Nottingham. Husband of Jane Newton. He enlisted at Nottingham and was killed in action, 25th November 1916, aged 25, during a German bombardment of the trenches near Arras, France.

Buried : Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France. Plot 1. Row J. Grave 9.

Private George Newton is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Saviours Church War Memorial, The Meadows, Nottingham.