Lawrence William Newbery-Boschetti

Lieutenant R.N.R. Lawrence William Newbery-Boschetti (15 August, 1884 – 26 October, 1918) served in the Royal Naval Reserve. He spoke some Spanish.

Life & Career

Newbery-Boschetti earned first-class certificates in gunnery and torpedoes in 1914 before the war started.

Newbery-Boschetti was promoted to the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant R.N.R. on 3 January, 1910.

Newbery-Boschetti was promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant R.N.R. on 16 June, 1911.

Newbery-Boschetti was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant R.N.R. on 16 June, 1913.

Newbery-Boschetti died of an illness while in command of P32 on 26 October, 1918. It seems likely that this was influenza, as the boat suffered five other deaths to illness, many around this date.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by George N. Gilbertson	Captain of H.M. T.B. 87 9 Apr, 1915 – 15 Mar, 1916	Succeeded by Norman W. M. Kemp
Preceded by Percy J. Helyar	Captain of H.M.S. Albacore 9 Mar, 1916 – 11 Apr, 1917	Succeeded by Gilbert H. Flavel
Preceded by Guy K. Twiss	Captain of H.M.S. P32 26 May, 1917 – 26 Oct, 1918	Succeeded by William Devlin