Rifleman 241638 Wilfred Newcombe
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 4084, S Lancs Regt.
Age at death: 22
Date of death: 30th of November 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Cambrai Memorial Louverval - Panel 7.
Family details:
Aunt & Res Legatee: Sarah Ann Kershaw
Census details:
1901 - 6 years old Wilfred is living at 5, North John Street, St Helens with parents Matthew (35), Elizabeth (40) and two siblings: [cas=842]Victor Newcombe[/cas] (8), Alfred (3). Also at the address is step-sister Lizzie Holden (16). 1911 - Sees 16 years old 'Apprentice Painter' Wilfred and brother [cas=842]Victor Newcombe[/cas] (18) living at 43, Talbot Street, St Helens with uncle Walter Kershaw (55) aunt Sarah Ann Kershaw (43) and cousins Walter Kershaw (16), Edith Kershaw (20). Also at the address is relative Fred Holden (53).
Notes:
[note=61]Two Newcombe Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Age taken from census.
[note=61]Two Newcombe Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/241638WilfredNewcombe.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
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[caption]The panel on the Cambrai Memorial bearing the inscription for
Rifleman Wilfred Newcombe
(Photograph courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
