Name
Rowland Newling
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/07/1916
15
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
266711
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LOOS MEMORIAL
Panel 135.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Royston Town War Memorial,
Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Son of Mrs. L. Newling, of 25, The Warren, Royston, Herts.
Additional Information
Rowland is also commemorated on his family’s grave in Royston Church Additional Burial Ground. His part of the inscription reads:
ROWLAND NEWLING
Killed in action 23rd July 1916 aged 15 Years 8 Months.*1
Killed in action 23rd July 1916 aged 15 Years 8 Months.*1
*1 CWGC records 16.
Rowland is mentioned in a very thorough biography for Jack Alfred Willmott by Paul Johnson, which appears in the website’s Archive section at: http://www.hertsatwar.co.uk/archives/hertfordshire-men-women-individuals-stories/jack-alfred-willmott-biography/.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson, Jonty Wild
