Lance Corporal 242541 George Newcombe
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
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Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn. 'B' Coy
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1)
Date Entered Therein: 13/02/1915
Previous Reg/Num: 1490, S Lance Regt.
Age at death: 27
Date of death: 6th of October 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Mendinghem Military Cemetery - VI C 42
Family details:
Son of Mrs. C. Holder (formerly Newcombe), and the late Anthony Newcombe. Mother & Sole Legatee: Catherine (Kate).
Census details:
1891 - 4 months old George is living at 100, Lowe Street, St Helens with parents Anthony (33), Catherine (32) and six siblings: Samuel (13), Matthew (11), Anthony (9), Alfred (9), Mary (5), John (2). 1901 - 10 years old George is living at 67, Oxford Street, St Helens with parents Anthony (43), Catherine (42) and six siblings: Samuel (23), Matthew (21), Anthony (19), Alfred (17), Mary Jane (15), John (12). 1911 - Sees 20 years old 'Chemical Labourer' George living at 81, Cooper Street, St Helens with widowed mother Catherine (53) and three siblings: Matthew (31), Anthony (29), John (22).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=34]Remembered on St Helens Parish Church Memorial.[/url]
[url=lmem.php?lmem=34]Remembered on St Helens Parish Church Memorial.[/url]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/242541GeorgeNewcombe.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Newcombe_G_242541_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/NewcombeG_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Lance Corporal George Newcombe at Mendinghem Military Cemetery
(Photograph courtesy of Richard Houghton)[/caption]
