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Name: William NEWBY
Casualty No.: 269 Ranks: Gunner Initials: W Service No.: 1480
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Age at Death: 29
Unit: “C” Battery, 250th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force).
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted: Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Place of Residence: Pity Me, Co. Durham.
Home Address:
Previous Address: 15 Woodbine Terrace, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Civilian Employment:
How Died: Killed in action
Date of Death: Wednesday 30th August 1916
Place of Death: Somme, France.
Battle/Campaign: Battles of the Somme, France, 1916.
Locally Commemorated: No
UK Commemorated: -
Overseas Commemorated: Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, France.
Buried:
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs: 0
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary: Blaydon Courier, page 6, 28th October 1916.
Family Details:
Notes :
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.
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