Charles Neil Newcombe | Service Record


 

SurnameNewcombe
First Name(s)Charles Neil
Place of BirthGreat Yarmouth
Club(s)Chesterfield Town
Cresswell
Glossop
Manchester United
Rotherham Town
Sheepbridge Works
Tibshelf Colliery
ServiceBritish Army
RankLieutenant
Service Number-
Previous Service Number(s)17289
Regiment or CorpsKing's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Unit(s)7th (Service) Battalion
Previous Regiment(s) or CorpsSherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Unit(s)
Type of Casualty (If applicable)Killed in Action
Theatre of War (If applicable)Western European Theatre
Date of Death (If applicable)27/12/1915
Place of Death (If applicable)France and Flanders
Place of Burial/Commemoration (If applicable)Y Farm Military Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference (If applicable)K. 13
Grave PhotographView
Awards and Decorations-
Citation(s)-
Supplementary NotesCommissioned 19/11/1914. 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.