Commemorating the Fallen of WW1

Today we remember …

20th September 1918

Charles Newton, G Social 1912. 2nd Lt, 104th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action in an unknown engagement

At school he was a Junior Scholar who won the French Prize, a prefect, and played for the Rugby XV. He enlisted as a private in the Royal Field Artillery when he left school in 1916. He achieved his commission after additional training.

He is buried at Templeux-le-Gerrard, on the Somme.

Aged 19

2nd Lt Charles Newton, kia 20 September 1918

Radley College 1st XV, 1915