TOM NEW
- Died: 01 Jul 1917
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death: 17738
- Died: 01 Jul 1917
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death: 17738
Personal
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- Surname: NEW
- Forename: TOM
- Initials: T
- Date of Birth: 1873
- Place of Birth: Sixpenny Handley
- Place of Birth Source: 1911 Census
- Address:
- Schools attended: Sixpenny Handley School c. 1891
- Employment / trade: Woodman (1911) Bricklayer at Days
- Place of work:
- Family (parents and grandparents): Father Esau New Mother Annie Sanger Grandparents Thomas and Anne (nee Ryman) New Silas and Mary (nee Foot) Sanger
- Spouse Name: Ethel White m. 1910 Son Frank b. 1911, daughter Winnie b. 1915 d. 1919 Ethel remarried to Frank Mitchell in 1922
- Notes: Son of Esau and Anne New; husband of Ethel New, of Handley, Salisbury. Tom New was the brother of Arthur New who also died during First World War
Military
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- Regiment at call-up: Dorsetshire Regiment
- Regiment at discharge:
- Rank at call-up: Private
- Service no at call-up: 17738
- Date of attestation:
- Date of call-up:
- Area reported to: Blandford
- Source: 1911 Census
- Naval vessels served:
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- Other rank:
- Other service no:
- Service facts:
Death and Memorial
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- Age at death: 33
- Date of death: 01 Jul 1917
- Regiment at death: Dorsetshire Regiment
- Battalion at death: 2nd Bn.
- Rank at death: Private
- Circumstances of death:
- Service no at death: 17738
- Field of action at death: Mesopotamia
- Place of death:
- Location of grave: BASRA MEMORIAL
- Position: Panel 22 and 63.
- Other memorials: Sixpenny Handley War Memorial
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