WILLIAM+K.+NEWBOLD

Newbold, William Knifton, Private, 696072, 31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry Born 6th May 1891, Kings Newton, Derbyshire, England  Mother Alice Knifton Newbold, “The Limes”, Kings Newton, Derbyshire, England  Address Room 215, Pruitt Block, Medicine Hat  Trade Farmer  Enlisted 29th January 1916 at Medicine Hat  Age 24 years, 9 months  Height 5 feet, 8 inches  Chest 35 inches, 2 inches expansion  Fair complexion, fair hair and blue eyes  Distinctive marks 4 vaccination scars on left arm  Religion Church of England  Sailed from Halifax on the SS Safonia 3rd October 1916  Arrived at Le Havre 9th March 1917  Joined 31st Battalion 16th April 1917  Killed in action 3rd May 1917, aged 26  <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Son of Alice Newbold, of “The Limes”, Kings Newton, Melbourne, Derbyshire, England and the late John Knifton Newbold  <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Vimy, France 1911 Census A confectioner Working for John Taylor, a confectioner, of Borough Street, Castle Donington, Leicestershire



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