South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| Mesopotamia | 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals | Basra War Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Citations | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 15 Dec 1914 in France | Mentioned in Despatches (Twice) | Warwick Masonic Lodge |
| Arden House School, Henley in Arden | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | |
| Accidentally Drowned | Commissioned 2nd Lt on 19 Dec 1905 | Other War Memorials |
| Rugby School | St. John's College | ||
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Redditch: War Memorial | St. Stephen's |
| River Tigris near Kut-al-Amara, Iraq | ~ | 13th Hussars Memorial, Aldershot |
Army Career History
19 Dec 1905 - Commissioned to 2nd Lt in 13th Hussars (Gazette)
21 Aug 1908 - Re-Commissioned to 2nd Lt in 13th Hussars (Gazette)
02 Apr 1911 - Promoted to Lieutenant (Gazette)
14 Dec 1914 - Promoted to Captain in 13th Hussars (Gazette) whilst serving in France
24 Feb 1917 - Took part in the Capture of Kut
Circumstances of Death
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Horace was Mentioned in Despatches for his part in a Cavalry charge on Turkish trenches in April 1917. However in the following month, owing to a breakdown in his health, Horace started for India on sick leave. One effect of his illness was that he began to walk in his sleep, and, despite the precautions that were taken, he fell overboard from a barge on the River Tigris, near Kut-el-Amara, on the night of April 25th, 1917, and was drowned. The current was very strong, and every effort to save him failed. His body was afterwards found and buried at Ezra's Tomb, between Amara and Kurna, 220 miles below Kut.
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| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 7 Jul 1885 at Driffield | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Rev. Horace and Frances Jane Newton | Holmwood, Redditch |
| Wife and Marriage Details | Children |
| Margaretta Violet Newton nee Powell | Pamela Margaret born Jan Qtr 1914 in Bromsgrove |
| 25 Dec 1911 in Bombay, India | |
| Schools | Colleges |
| Rugby School 1899 - 1904 | St. John's College, Cambridge 1904 |
| Arden House School | |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1886 - Beechwood, Great Driffield, Yorkshire | 1899 - Scholar at Rugby School |
| 1891 - Beechwood, Great Driffield, Yorkshire | 1904 - Student at St. John's, Cambridge |
| 1901 - Rugby School, Rugby | 1905 - Army Officer |
| 1911 - Army Barracks, Meerut, India | |
| 1917 - Chapel Farm, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey |
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