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Lieutenant CHARLES NEIL NEWCOMBE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 December 1915

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER

K. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of E. Percy G. Newcombe and Helen Ada L. Newcombe, of Matlock, now of 4, Park Rd., High Barnet, Herts. Born at Great Yarmouth. Educated at Chesterfield.
  • Personal Inscription SEMPER FIDELIS
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Buried or commemorated at

Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER
Nord France
Number of casualties: 837
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