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Pte. Frederick Newman
British Army 154th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Portsmouth
(d.22nd Nov 1917)
Frederick Newman was my great Uncle. His story was told by my grandmother and mother. He enlisted in 1916 and was invalided out following an explosion which left him deaf. He returned to Portsmouth and was fit and able other than being deaf. Whilst walking down the street he was given a white feather by a woman, a complete stranger who obviously didn`t know he was deaf and invalided out of the army. He felt so bad he re-enlisted, at that time the army were desperate for troops and he was sent straight to France. He didn`t stand a chance and three weeks later he as killed, a direct mortar hit on his position. He was blown to bits, so no grave. He is listed on the Cambrai Memorial at Louveral in France.
