. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 67 IN a sudden counter-attack, 5 August 1917. HisColonel wrote: Although outnumbered, andunder climatic conditions impossible to adequatelydescribe, Captain Howitt and his men beat theenemy back in the fierce hand-to-hand fighting. Jock Howitt died fighting to the last, one ofthe bravest of the brave. . Had he survivedhe would have secured another well-earneddecoration. NEWTON, ERIC: Captain, ; son of Isaac Newton, Captain, Indian Medical Ser-vice ; born Umballa,Punjab, 28 February1889; graduated ,1915. A noted ath-lete, he
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 67 IN a sudden counter-attack, 5 August 1917. HisColonel wrote: Although outnumbered, andunder climatic conditions impossible to adequatelydescribe, Captain Howitt and his men beat theenemy back in the fierce hand-to-hand fighting. Jock Howitt died fighting to the last, one ofthe bravest of the brave. . Had he survivedhe would have secured another well-earneddecoration. NEWTON, ERIC: Captain, ; son of Isaac Newton, Captain, Indian Medical Ser-vice ; born Umballa,Punjab, 28 February1889; graduated ,1915. A noted ath-lete, he achieved thefeat of gaining a tripleblue in hockey, tennisand cricket. Inhockey he achievedwider fame, beingchosen to play forScotland in -inter-national matches in1912, 1913 and graduating Newton at once joined theArmy, receiving a commission in the 1 August 1915. He served in Egypt andthen in East Africa where he rose to the rankof Captain. He was killed in action at Nanyati,East Africa, on 5 August 1917. WILL, JAMES : Private, 4th
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