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Name William Henry NEW   
Rank/Number Private   8177
Regiment Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry   1st Battalion
Enlisted High Wycombe 
Age/Date of death 32      16 Sep 1916 
How died/Theatre of war Died   Mesopotamia
Last known address  
Cemetery Basra Memorial, Iraq 
Grave or Memorial Reference Panel 26 & 63 
Location of memorial Marlow All Saints Church
Date/Place of birth c1886      Marlow
Date/Place of baptism 24 Feb 1886 Marlow 
Pre-war occupation of Casualty general lab/regular soldier. 8 yrs India 
Parents William & Annie Maria New
Parent's occupation brewery labourer
Parents' Address (last known) 63 West St, Great Marlow 
Wife  
Wife's Address (last known)  
Notes POW at fall of Kut. Died in Adana Hospital, Asia Minor 

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