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Military service
Service number:
696072
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
May 6, 1891
Death:
May 3, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Alice Newbold, of "The Limes," King's Newton, Melbourne, Derbyshire, England, and John Knifton Newbold.
Digital gallery of Private William Knifton Newbold
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Memorial
William Newbold's name is inscribed on the RH side of the panel, nine names down from the top. He was born in Kings Newton ( near Melbourne) and enlisted on 29th January 1916 at Medicine Hat. He was a farmer. -
Memorial
This shows the War Memorial on which William Newbold's name is commemorated in front of Melbourne Parish Church. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private William Knifton Newbold
Digital gallery of
Private William Knifton Newbold
Digital gallery of
Private William Knifton Newbold
Digital gallery of
Private William Knifton Newbold
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 301 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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