Pvt
Francis Newall
Military Details
Service Number: 3600727
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Border Regiment
Service Branch
Army
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
4 The Crescent , Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd
Service Number at Enlistment
3600727
Service History
According to Private Frank Newall's obituary, which appeared in the local newspaper 'The Whitehaven News' (Thursday, 25 January 1945), earlier in the war he had been at Dunkirk. Having taken part in the Normandy Landings, Frank Newall had eventually made it to Belgium.
Transfer Details
Regiment Transferred To
Border Regiment
Personal Details
Date of Birth
17th March 1919
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Address
Padstow, Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
4 The Crescent , Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Distington
Parents
Frank & Isobel
Married
Jessie nee Agnew
Children
Barbara Isobell
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Agricultural Worker
Work Address
4 The Cescent, Cleator Moor
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
27th December 1944
Age at Death
24
Circumstances of Death
He died of injuries accidentally sustained in Belgium. His final resting place at Lille is just across the Franco-Belgian border
Place of Death
Belgium
Theater of Action
Western Europe
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd
Rank at Death
Pte.
Buried or Commemorated at
Lille Southern Cemetery France
France
Grave Position: Plot 5. Row A. Grave 21
Private Memorial: Cleator Moor Roll of Honour
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