Newgass, Harold Reginald

Date of birth:: August 3rd, 1896 (London, United Kingdom)
Date of death:: November 17th, 1984 (West Stafford/Dorchester, United Kingdom)
Nationality:: British

Biography

Later promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Harold Newgass'medal group is on display in the Victoria Cross & George Cross Gallery in the Imperial War Museum in London, Great Britain.

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George Cross

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Lieutenant
Unit:: Bomb Disposal Team, HMS President, London, Royal Navy
Awarded on:: March 4th, 1941

For his heroïc work over two days from November 28-30,1940, for defusing a German 1000kg 'Luftmine' which had dropped on Garston Gasworks in Liverpool.