- Lanceray Arthur Newnham
Temporary Colonel Lanceray Arthur Newnham GC MC, of The
Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) and theBritish Army Aid Group was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he showed in resisting Japanese torture during World War Two.He was taken prisoner when the Japanese invaded
Hong Kong and, with CaptainDouglas Ford and Flight LieutenantHector Bertram Gray worked to contact British agents and organise a mass escape. The Japanese discovered the plan and arrested the trio, torturing them inStanley Prison in an effort to gain more information. They refused to divulge any further names despite being beaten, starved and threatened with death. They were killed byfiring squad inSham Shui Prison Camp on the 18th of December 1943. His other awards included theMilitary Cross . He was born on the 3rd of August 1889 inIndia .
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