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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 03:55, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
... that Arthur Leslie Walter Newth was only 21 when appointed to command the 16th (Service) Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment during the First World War? Source: "The youngest known CO on 29 September 1918 was Lieutenant-Colonel A.L.W. Newth of the 16th Cheshire, who was 21 when appointed on 30 April 1918, and he was likely the youngest of the war" from page 109 of: Hodgkinson, Peter Eric (August 2013), British Infantry Battalion Commanders in the First World War(PDF) (PhD thesis), University of Birmingham, archived(PDF) from the original on 2021-06-24, retrieved 2020-12-14