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The Roll lists his address as 344 Lincoln Road, and states he was entitled to the 1914 Star medal. It records his 2nd forename as "Wails", which differs from official records.
(CWGC records that Private Richard Wailes Newson, regimental number 9751, died aged 18 on 9/5/1915 serving in 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Panel 7 of Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium. They record him as the son of Jane and Alfred Wails Newson of 22 St John's Street, Peterborough. His birth was registered in the Peterborough District in 1896 as "Richard Wailes Newson", and was baptised as such on 26/2/1896 at Peterborough St John's Church, as the son of Alfred Wailes and Jane Newson. On the 1901 census he was living with his parents at 23 Wood Street, Peterborough. On the 1911 census he was living with them at 22 St John's Street. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Richard's death in action with the 2nd Battalion "on or since" 9/5/1915 was presumed, and that his father was his legatee).