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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- Harold Walter Newnham -

Unknown person Name : Harold Walter Newnham

Son of : Walter Henry Newnham and Fanny Maria Newnham (née Whittington), of 1, Banner Cottages, Hunnyhill, Newport, Isle of Wight.

Born : 1896, Newport.
  Census information :

1901 : Walter and Fanny Newnham, with their children including Harold aged 4, are at 22 Worsley Road, Newport. Walter Newnham is a House Decorator.

1911 : Walter and Fanny Newnham, with their children including Harold aged 14, are at 1, Banner Cottages, Hunnyhill, Newport. Walter Newnham is a House Painter. Harold Newnham is a Bookstall Boy At Railway Station.

Education :

Attended Parkhurst / Hunnyhill School
  Service Details :

Corporal 330552 Harold Walter Newnham, 1/8th Bn., Hampshire Regiment, (Isle of Wight Rifles).

  Casualty Details :

Died : 2 November 1917 aged 22.

Buried at : Gaza War Cemetery, Palestine.

CWGC Record
  Commemorated on these Memorials :

Carisbrooke Castle Isle of Wight Rifles Memorial Panel 03
Newport Borough War Memorial
Newport Drill Hall Isle of Wight Rifles War Memorial
  Acknowledgments :

Valerie Diebelius, who is recording the Registers of Parkhurst and Hunnyhill Schools
  Page status :
Page last updated : July 2012



 
 

 
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