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Private C W NEWCOMB

Service Number: 351194
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 August 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET

I. O. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Robert William and Fanny Newcomb, of Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne; husband of Ethel Newcomb, of 1, Princess St., Ashton-under-Lyne.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Somme France
Number of casualties: 703
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