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JOHN NEWALL
Kingston upon Hull HU9 2NJ
England
BORN HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM ANDREW NEWALL AND ELIZABETH NEWALL, AT 13 ST PAULS AVENUE, CHURCH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE WAS A REGULAR SOLDIER. ENLISTING IN HULL ON 26/06/1900. HE THEN JOINED THE RESERVES AND WORKED AS A PLATER AND LABOURER FOR EARLES SHIPYARD.
CALLED UP AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE SERVED WITH THE 2ND YORK & LANCS REGIMENT. KILLED AT YPRES, WHILE ON SENTRY DUTY, ON 03/11/1915, AGED 33. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HE WAS UNMARRIED. HE LEFT A WIDOWED MOTHER, AT THIS ADDRESS. BROTHERS, GEORGE, JOSEPH AND WILLIAM, AND SISTERS, JANE AND IVY.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 20/11/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
Ieper 8900
Vlaanderen
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