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Colonel Lanceray Arthur Newnham (3 August 1889 – 18 December 1943), known as Lance or Lan Newnham, was a British Army officer.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 25 relations: Battle of Arras (1917), Battle of Hong Kong, Battle of the Somme, Bedales School, Brigadier general, British Army, British Army Aid Group, British Expeditionary Force (World War II), British Hong Kong, British Raj, Colonel (United Kingdom), Douglas Ford (British Army officer), Execution by firing squad, George Cross, Hector Gray, Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, Middlesex Regiment, Military Cross, Pacific War, Sham Shui Po Barracks, Stanley Military Cemetery, Stanley Prison, World War I, World War II, 56th (London) Infantry Division.

  2. 20th-century executions by Japan
  3. British torture victims
  4. Burials at Stanley Military Cemetery
  5. People executed by Japan by firing squad

Battle of Arras (1917)

The Battle of Arras (also known as the Second Battle of Arras) was a British offensive on the Western Front during the First World War.

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Battle of Hong Kong

The Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941), also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II.

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Battle of the Somme

The Battle of the Somme (Bataille de la Somme; Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire.

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Bedales School

Bedales School is a public school (co-educational private school, boarding and day) in the village of Steep, near the market town of Petersfield in Hampshire, England. Lance Newnham and Bedales School are People educated at Bedales School.

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Brigadier general

Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British Army Aid Group

The British Army Aid Group (B.A.A.G.) was a para-military organisation for British and Allied forces in southern China during the Second World War.

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British Expeditionary Force (World War II)

The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the contingent of the British Army sent to France in 1939 after Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany on 3 September, beginning the Second World War.

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British Hong Kong

Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.

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Colonel (United Kingdom)

Colonel (Col) is a rank of the British Army and Royal Marines, ranking below brigadier, and above lieutenant colonel.

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Douglas Ford (British Army officer)

Captain Douglas Ford, (18 September 1918 – 18 December 1943) was a British Army officer of the Royal Scots and a British prisoner of war in the Second World War, who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for conspicuous gallantry. Lance Newnham and Douglas Ford (British Army officer) are 20th-century executions by Japan, British Army personnel killed in World War II, British World War II prisoners of war, British recipients of the George Cross, Burials at Stanley Military Cemetery and People executed by Japan by firing squad.

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Execution by firing squad

Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading (from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war.

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George Cross

The George Cross (GC) is the highest award bestowed by the British government for non-operational gallantry or gallantry not in the presence of an enemy.

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Hector Gray

Hector Bertram Gray, (6 June 1911 – 18 December 1943) was an officer of the Royal Air Force, and a member of the British Army Aid Group, who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for "most conspicuous gallantry" in resisting torture after the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in 1941. Lance Newnham and Hector Gray are 20th-century executions by Japan, British World War II prisoners of war, British recipients of the George Cross, British torture victims, Burials at Stanley Military Cemetery, Executed British people and People executed by Japan by firing squad.

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Japanese occupation of Hong Kong

The Imperial Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when the governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to the Empire of Japan on 25 December 1941.

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Middlesex Regiment

The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1966.

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Military Cross

The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level until 1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.

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Pacific War

The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania.

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Sham Shui Po Barracks

Sham Shui Po Barracks was a British Army facility built in the 1920s in the Sham Shui Po area of Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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Stanley Military Cemetery

Stanley Military Cemetery is a cemetery located near St. Stephen's Beach in Stanley, Hong Kong.

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Stanley Prison

Stanley Prison (c. January 1937, previously known as Hong Kong Prison at Stanley) is one of the six maximum security facilities in Hong Kong.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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56th (London) Infantry Division

The 56th (London) Infantry Division was a Territorial Army infantry division of the British Army, which served under several different titles and designations.

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See also

20th-century executions by Japan

British torture victims

Burials at Stanley Military Cemetery

People executed by Japan by firing squad

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Newnham

Also known as Lan Newnham, Lanceray Arthur Newnham, Lanceray Newnham.