Name
Edward David Newell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/02/1915
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
86
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CUINCHY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
II. D. 15.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial, Hertford Baptist Church, St Andrew’s Church Roll of Honour, Hertford, St Andrew’s Church Memorial, Hertford, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Born in 1892 son of David and Julia (Warren) Newell, of 13 Hartham Lane, Hertford and living there as a general labourer in 1901 and 1911.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford, entered France on 6 Nov 1914 and was killed in action in the fire trench at Cuinchy (Mentioned in battalion diary).
Additional Information
Believed to be listed as D Newell on the Hertford Town Memorial. Brother of Private Alfred Thomas Newell who was killed in action on 16 Aug 1917 and is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
