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Additional Information:
Served in York and Lancaster before being transferred to 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
CWGC Remembered: Soissons Memorial
Information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Son of Mrs. Catherine Newton, of 15, Cupola Cottages, Hoyle Mill, Barnsley, Yorks.
Remembered:
Silkstone War Memorial
Hoyle Mill War Memorial, Bethel Chapel, Hoyle Mill
Family gravestone in Silkstone Churchyard
Ardsley, Christchurch WW1 Memorial Plaque
Reported missing in the Barnsley Chronicle 13 July 1918
"R.K. Funnell, Durham Light Infantry, is missing in France as from May 27. He joined up in March, 1917, and was wounded in France early in October, being shot in the arm above the elbow. After being in Engalnd six months he recovered from his wounds and was sent again to France at the end of March. He is a stepson of Mr. Amos Newton, of 15, Cupold Cottages, Hoyle Mill."