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2nd Lt. Harry Brighstone Newsam
British Army 3rd Battalion (Light) Tank Corps
from:Newcastle
(d.8th Aug1918)
Second Lieutenant Harry Brighstone Newsam served in the 3rd Light Btn. Tank Corps and died on the 8th August 1918. He is remembered on the Triptych at St Paul's Church Jarrow and is buried in Le Quesnel Communal Cemetery Extension. He had previous service as a Corporal No. 1984 in the Northern Cyclist Battalion. His medal card shows an award of the British War and Victory Medals and a note marked "Comm for MGC" (Commission for Machine Gun Corps) The Tank Corps was originally classified as the Heavy part of the Machine Gun Corps.
The 1911 census shows him living alone at Thornton Villa, Surrey Street, Jarrow, single, age 24, Occupation: Elementary School Teacher for the Borough Council and taught at Ellison N.S. School in Jarrow. His place of birth was Andover, Hampshire. He was born in 1886 the son of Mr and Mrs William Newsam of Andover, Hampshire and was married to Catherine Anne Maxwell (formerly Newsam nee Smith) of Belfield, Kenton Road, Newcastle.
