Name
George Newland
1881
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/12/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
29940
Lincolnshire Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BISHOP'S STORTFORD OLD CEMETERY
A. 11. 20.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial
Pre War
George Newland was born in 1881 possibly in Hertfordshire or Norfolk.
(Unable to identify his place of birth or residence)
Wartime Service
He enlisted and initially served in the Lincolnshire Regiment later transferring to the Labour Corps. He died aged 37 at the 1st Northern General Hospital, Newcastle on Tyne.
Additional Information
Most records under Labour Corps No. 277147.
A war gratuity and his pay owing was divided between his sisters Mary and Jane and Ernest Markwell.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
