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Sgt. Harold Newton Macdonald
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:South Shields
(d.28th March 1918)
Sgt.Harold Mcdonald was my Gt. Uncle, brother of my Grandfather. He was the son of Charles and Eliza Macdonald of 71 Julian Avenue South Shields. He enlisted in South Shields and arrived in Egypt on 22nd of December 1915.
He died in action close to the Moyenville to Ayette Road, 7 miles south of Arras in France on 28th of March 1918. I have a detailed map of where he fell. We are visiting the site of his death 100 years to the day since his death.