Sapper 6965 Peter Newcombe
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 1st/1st West Lancs Field Coy
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1)
Date Entered Therein: 03/01/1915
Age at death: 42
Date of death: 30th of April 1915
Born: Glamorgan, Scotland
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 9.
BMD details:
Marriage: 23/03/1911 Peter NEWCOMBE to Elizabeth H MYLES at Eccleston St Thomas
Census details:
1911 - Sees 38 Years old 'Bricklayer' Peter living at 22 Chorley Street, St Helens with wife of 1 year - Elizabeth (21).
Notes:
Age taken from census.
Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/6965PeterNewcombe.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/NewcombeP_REs.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial bearing the inscription
for Sapper Peter Newcome
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
