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Captain WILLIAM NEWCOMBE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

1st (Royal) Dragoons

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1916

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

XII. M. 4.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 8th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Alice Newcombe, of 24, Mornington Rd., Regent's Park, London. Twenty three and a half years service in Royal Horse Guards (Blue).
  • Personal Inscription DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI
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Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1288
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