Captain Denzil Onslow Cochrane Newton
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION
Captain, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Member of the Royal Victorian Order
Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class (Japan)
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Joined the P.P.C.L.I. in September 1914 [an Original].Wounded at Vierstraat January 8, 1915 and died the next day.
Served as a staff Officer for the Governor General of Canada, the Duke of Connaught before joining the PPCLI. He was the First Patricia Officer killed in the Great War. He wandered through the disconnected trench line during the dark night 8/9 Jan 1915. When he attempted to return, he failed to hear his sentry’s challenges and was subsequently shot.( the sentry was Cpl Martin).[ source: With the Patricia’s In Flanders 1914-1918 Then & Now, Pg 24&42]
Served as Lt with 3rd Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment LG#26986 Pg#4195 Dated 13th July 1898.
Also served with The Duke of Cambridge’s own ( Middlesex Regiment ) LG#27141 Pg#8185 Dated 5 Dec 1899.