Personal Details of Douglas John Salway
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| Died: | 09/08/1916 |
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Please note that this person is not acutally buried in Newtown Road Cemetery, but is remembered here on a family grave or memorial.
Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on Douglas John Salway.
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War Memorial
Douglas John Salway is not buried in Newtown Road Cemetery.
However a war memorial was erected by family members so that they could honour the memory of their loved one who was killed overseas in the service of their country.
| Name: | Douglas John Salway |
| Service: | 2nd Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry |
| Service number: | 22121 |
| Rank: | Private |
| Date of death: | 08/08/1916 |
| Age at death: | 20 |
| Other information: | Son of John and Lucy Salway, of 24, Newtown Rd., Newbury, Berks. Killed at the Somme, France |
| Link to Commonwealth War Grave Commission entry: | Click Here |
| Link to West Berkshire Memorials entry: | Click Here |
Birth
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Death
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Burial Register
There is no burial register information available for Douglas John Salway.
Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.
Memorial Details
| Top tier east facing: In Loving Memory of/ John Salway Middle tier east facing: died March 17 1920 aged 69./ Also of William John/ born Nov. 6 1889/ died Nov. 30 1889. 3rd tier east facing: Also of Douglas John/ Killed on Active Service Aug. 9 1916/ aged 20 years./ Sons of the above. 1st tier north facing: Also of Lucy Middle tier north facing: wife of John Salway 3rd tier north facing: who died March 27th. 1939. | |
| Name on Memorial | Douglas John SALWAY |
| Date of death | 09/08/1916 |
| Age | 20 |
| Gender | Male |
| Memorial Type | Cross on tiered pedestal & 3 kerbstones |
| Construction Material | Limestone |
| Condition of memorial | Good. Inlaid text |
| Pattison Location Code | LS30 |
| Recorder's Notes | Mrs. P. transcribed additional 2 lines (now missing) as Linda Gladys Salway/ who died Oct. 29 1972/ aged 80 years |
| Others named on memorial | |
| John SALWAY | |
| William John SALWAY | |
| Lucy SALWAY | |
| Linda Gladys SALWAY |
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
Salway
| Source: | Newbury weekly News |
| Article date: | 05/10/1916 |
| Copyright: | Newbury weekly News |
| Transciption: | SALWAY-Aug. 8, killed in action, the dearly loved and only son of John and Lucy Salway of the Uplands, Newbury, aged 20 years. |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
Biographical Information
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