Private 2091 Christopher William NEWCOMBE

Private 2091 Christopher William Newcombe{gallery}NuneatonRWR-Thiepval{/gallery}1st/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of Bazentin Ridge, Somme, France and Flanders, 14th July 1916, aged 29

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 A, 9 B and 10 B
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Elijah and Catherine Newcombe
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI RWR

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Record for Private Newcombe
• Thiepval Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1887 at Foleshill
• Lived at 49 Fife Street, Nuneaton [1911]
  
• Employed as a brickyard labourer [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Coventry. 
• NB: The military records show his first name as either Christopher and/or William, however, the Army Register of Soldiers’ Effects record suggests that the name Christopher was an alias; they also show that his mother’s name was Catherine. Other records suggest that he lived at Fife Street, Nuneaton. These three bits of information are the basis upon which the above family and census information in the name of William was deduced.