246167 Pte. Arthur James Newman British Army London Regiment from:Stratford, West Ham Arthur Newman, my uncle, was admitted to the King George Hospital on 19th of May 1918 aged 22, on being repatriated from Germany. He had been taken prisoner and held at Hameln POW camp. Unfortunately, I don't know where or when he was captured.
On a medal entitlement list, it is stated that his theatre of war service ended on 25th of October 1917 so I assume that is when he was captured. He had been badly wounded and been fitted with a false leg by the Germans. The leg was replaced in London, which, according to him wasn't as good! He was married two years later. In 1937, he was accidentally killed at the railway crossing at Sandhills, Cambridgeshire, where he was the crossing keeper.
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