Basic Details
Surname
Newell
Forenames
Walter Ernest
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
295256
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 15 Dogsthorpe Road.

(N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Londons
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2/4th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Northampton
Country of burial
Not stated
Town of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated
Year of death
1917
Month of death
November
Day of death
12
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds at Northampton General Hospital
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds