Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant J. W. Newton, Machine Gun Corps, late London Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (21264 Sjt. J. W. Newton, 47/M.G.C.); 1914-15 Star (3124 Pte. J. W. Newton, 20-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3124 Sjt. J. W. Newton, 20-Lond. R.), contact marks and a little polished, nearly very fine or better (4) £320-380

M.M. London Gazette 6 August 1918.

John W. Newton, a native of New Cross, in Lewisham, London, first went to France as a Private in the 20th Battalion, London Regiment in mid-August 1915. He subsequently transferred to the Machine Gun Corps in April 1916 and was awarded the M.M. for his gallant deeds in the 47th Battalion, possibly in the Cambrai operations.