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Pte. William McEwan

British Army 16th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Jarrow

(d.1st July 1916)

William McEwan served with 16th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers and was aged 23 when he died on 1st July 1916. Born in Jarrow in 1893 he was the son of William and Euphemia McEwan of 1 Kent Villas Jarrow. On the 1911 census, William McEwan age 18 Drapers Assistant is listed as living with his parents William and Euphemia McEwan and family at 75 St. Paul's Road, Jarrow. He enlisted in Newcastle.

William is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.



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