Newel E. E. Burton-Fanning
| Newel Edward Eden Burton-Fanning was born on 6th June 1896 at Norwich. He was the eldest son of Frederick William Burton-Fanning, a medical doctor, and Christobel Eleanor Newel (née Cooper-Brown). He was educated at King Edward VI School, Norwich, and at Repton, Derbyshire. He had been entered for Christ’s College, Cambridge, at the outbreak of war. He enlisted with the Plymouth Division of the Royal Marines on 19th November 1914 as a Temporary 2nd Lieutenant. | ||||||||
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On 25th April 1915 he disembarked at Y Beach, Gallipoli, and took part in all the subsequent actions. On 2nd August he was admitted to the Anglo-American Hospital at Cairo with a diagnosis of bronchitis. He was discharged on 23rd to rejoin his unit. On 13th September he was promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and was present at the evacuation of the peninsula, following which he was granted home leave on 17th January 1916. Newel rejoined his battalion on 25th February and was stationed at Stavros prior to deployment to France. In France, on 30th May, he was promoted to Acting Captain with the 2nd Royal Marine Battalion. On 16th June he was attached to IV Corps School for instruction, rejoining his unit on 10th August. On 30th August Newel was sent to the Field Ambulance, again with a diagnosis of bronchitis. On 6th September he was admitted to the 7th Stationary Hospital before being granted sick leave to England six days later. After returning from sick furlough Newel was attached to the 4th Entrenching Battalion on 9th November 1916. He rejoined the 2nd Royal Marine Battalion on 17th January 1917. From 11th to 25th March he was again in hospital, the reason for this being unknown. |
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Newel was initially reported missing during the fighting of the Battle of Arleux on 28th April. He was subsequently officially presumed killed in action. With no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial. Newel’s Commanding Officer wrote:
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