D-Day veteran and tank crewman Cecil Newton dies aged 101
Mr Newton's tank crew was in action for just a few minutes after landing on Gold Beach in Normandy.Their objective was to knock out a German block-house that was defending the beach.The tank was among several not to make it off the beach when it sank in a water-filled shell hole, but all the crew got out.They were later among the first British troops to enter the city of Lille.However Mr Newtown was severely wounded when his tank came under attack in a German village in November 1944.He suffered a serious leg injury and was shot three times as he got out of his tank.In June 2024, Mr Newton, who lived in Aldbourne, in Wiltshire, travelled back to France to take part in the D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations.He also visited a French school named after him and some of the places his comrades fell in battle.
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