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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Chorley
• Land Lancashire, England
• Family Son of Robert and Florence Newsham, of 117, Lyons Lane, Chorley, Lancashire; two sisters, Frances and Florence; two brothers, Robert and Jack;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment October 1915, Chorley
• Service number 6315
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 142nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps
• Attached or transferred from Scottish Rifles
• Other data related to military career Formerly 22443, Scot. Rif.

Death

• Wounded Ravine, 10 May
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds to the back, n°17 CCS
• Died at the age of 18
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XII - B - 5

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