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Pte. Joseph Newman
British army 10th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.23rd Oct 1915)
Joseph Newman is my great grandfather on my grandmother's side. He died of wounds and is buried at Sailly-sur-la Lys cemetery . I have no other information about him at this time sadly.
Pte. Joseph Charles Newman
British Army 10th Btn. London Regiment
from:Canning Town, London
(d.19th March 1917)
Sgt. Joseph Henry Newman
British Army 2/7th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Poole, Dorset
(d.5th Dec 1917)
Joseph Newman was my great uncle who was born in Poole, Dorset. He joined up, and was killed in the Battle of Cambrai in December of 1917. He left behind his wife and small child.
Drvr. Nathaniel Halford Newman
British Army 173rd Brigade, C Bty Royal Field Artillery
(d.23rd May 1918)
Driver Nathaniel Newman was the son of Joseph William and Isabela Newman and the husband of Lillie Jane Morris (formerly Newman), 28 West Road, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. He was 36 when he died and is buried in Foreste Communal Cemetery, France, Grave I.B.3.
Pte. William John Newman
British Army 1st Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
(d.26th Aug 1914)
My Grandfather William John Newman of the 1st Somersets died on 26th August so must have been in the Battle of Le Cateau. He was only in France for 4 days.
Update: William was the husband of Alice Mary Newman, of 274, Bickenhall, Taunton, Somerset. He died aged 26, and is commemorated on The La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial.
Pte. William Herbert Newman
British Army 1/8th Battalion Duke of Cambridge Own (Middlesex) Regiment
from:Southall, Middlesex
(d.19th Oct 1915)
William Newman was my great uncle so of course I never knew him although his younger brother, my late maternal grandfather did mention him a couple of times. I eventually found him listed in De Ruvignys Roll of Honour 1914-1919. I came across this collection by chance mainly because I had never heard of it before so I was curious. Apparently his father, William Harry Newman, paid to have a piece complete with a photograph inserted in the Roll of Honour. Which, of course, included the address where the family resided at that time.
Back in the 1970's some of the family had gone to see the address and to see where great grandfather had been station sergeant in Southall. I really was pleasantly surprised to learn where he had worked and where he had trained before going to Gibraltar. Then learning where he had died. However, I haven't got a definitive answer to where he is buried. Just the info from the piece saying it was Y Farm that is a British war cemetery in France. Looking forward to paying my respects to him.
Pte. George Henry Newport
British Army Mechanical Transport Army Service Corps
from:Huyton, Liverpool
My paternal Great Grandfather George Henry Newport served in WWI in the Army Services Corps Mechanical Transport div. He was aged 43 on enlistment in 1915. I'd like to find out more about what he did and if he was based in his hometown of Liverpool or went abroad during the war. He died in 1940 in Liverpool, the next year his son Gerard Newport died in the battle of Crete at age 19 years WWII.
Editor's Note:- His medal record card shows that he served in France, qualifying for the 1915 star. He commenced his service in France on 22nd December 1915.
Pte. John William Newport
British Army 2nd Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Horsley, Nailsworth, Glos
John Newport served with the 2nd Gloucester Regiment.
Pte. Richard Newport
Royal Air Force
from:Hornby Street, Liverpool
Richard Newport was born on 28th of February 1897 to George Henry and Rose Newport of Liverpool. He had a long service in the armed forces. Despite suffering serious wounding and shell shock in army the First World War, before being transferred to the Royal Air Force, he re-enlisted during the Second World War and served with the Royal Engineers. His father also served during WW1. His much younger brother Gerard was killed at age 18 during the Battle of Crete when his ship HMV Fiji was bombed by enemy action in 1941. His father died in 1940.
One feels more than a little sympathy for his mother who had to cope with so much loss.
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.
Lt.Col. George Pope Newstead
British Army attd. Sierra Leone Battalion. Suffolk Regiment
(d.4th March 1915)
Lieutenant Colonel Newstead was buried in the Douala Cemetery in the Cameroons.
Pte. Henry George Newsum
British Army 6th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Walthamstow, Essex
(d.23rd October 1917)
My uncle Henry Newsum served in WW1 with Northamptonshire Regiment 24536, The Wiltshire Regiment 203518, and Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry 204281. He was injured twice and was killed in action in Flanders on 23rd October 1917 whilst serving with the 6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
He is remembered in: St Michael's & All Angels Church Walthamstow, St Martin's Chapel, Wells Cathedral and on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium.
Pte. Lionel B. Newsum
British Army 14th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(d.24th April 1917)
On 24th April 1917, Lionel Newsum was killed in action serving with the 14th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was 20 years old. Lionel has no known grave but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Pte. Arthur Thomas Newton
British Army 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
from:Birmingham
(d.7th June 1917)
Arthur Thomas Newton was the son of Arthur Thomas & Hannah Newton. He was the husband of Annie Elizabeth Newton. He died of wounds, aged 22 leaving a two year old daughter, also named Annie Elizabeth.
2nd Lt. Cecil Newton
British Army 6th Btn. Cameron Highlanders
from:Leith, Edinburgh
(d.15th Spetember 1916)
I have just found my great uncle, Cecil Newton's, will on Scotland's People website and it states the date of his death in France. I know very little else I am afraid.
Pte. E. Newton
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
E Newton suffered Gunshot wounds in 1917
Pte. Edward Alexander Newton
British Army 18th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leicester
Edward Newton Enlisted 9-12-15 and went to France on 24-9-16, he received gun shot wound to the chest on 1-3-17. He was treated in Croydon hospital from 24-3-17 to 21 -5-17 and remained in the UK until 27-7-17 when he returned to France. On 25-4-18 he was blinded by shell burst and 26-4-18 is recorded as being gas poisoning blind for 5 weeks, he was discharged 6-3-19. He had wife and 4 daughters when he enlisted and had a further 3 daughters after the war.
Pte. Frank Ernest Newton
British Army 6th Battalion Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment
from:Wood Green
(d.8th May 1917)
Frank Newton was my great uncle who died aged 19 near Monchy le Preux.
Gnr. George Bernard Newton
British Army 65 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
Henry Newton
British Army B Coy 14th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Harry Newton was born in 1891 in Gateshead, the son of Henry Newton and Elizabeth Jane Newton. He was one of ten children. He joined up in September 1914 at the start of the war, when he would have been 23. The 14th Northumberland Fusiliers were a Pals Battalion known as The Northumberland Pioneers. He served in B Company Number 8 platoon. He died on the 1st of July 1916 when he was aged 25, on the first day of The Battle of the Somme. 39 men of his platoon went over the top of whom 12 were killed and 7 wounded. His body was never found.
Harry is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. His family (my great-grandparents and their other children) were unable to afford to visit the Memorial and graves of their sons and husbands who died in France.
Pte. Herbert Newton
British Army 8th Battalion Border Regiment
from:Oldham
(d.13th July 1917)
Pte. Isaac Newton
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. J. Newton
British Army 69th Coy Machine Gun Corps
(d.8th Jun 1917)
Pte. Johnson Newton
British Army 1st/5th Btn. B Coy. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
from:5 Trewhitts Crescent, Sunderland
(d.10th Apr 1918)
Johnson Newton was killed in action on 10th April 1918. His body was not recovered for some time but was eventually identified and buried at Beuvry Communal Cemetery Extension.
Dvr. Percival Bloomfield Newton
Australian Imperial Force 10th Australian Field Ambulance
from:Maribyrnong, Victoria
Dvr. Percival Bloomfield Newton
Australian Imperial Force 10th Australian Field Ambulance
from:Maribyrnong, Victoria
Rfmn. Percy Holyoake Neller Newton
British Army 3rd Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:49 Chaplin Road, Willesden Green, London
(d.22nd Mar 1915)
Percy Holyoake Neller Newton was born on 12 July 1895 at Islington, Middlesex in 1904. His father died in an accident and in 1906 Percy was admitted to the Orphan Working School and Alexandra Orphanage (OWS) at Haverstock Hill in North London (now the Royal Alexandra and Albert School at Reigate in Surrey). He left OWS and in 1911 was a Baker's Assistant in Willesden Green.
At the outbreak of WW1 Percy enlisted, as a Rifleman, into 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Soon after, he was transferred to 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own). He was despatched to serve in France and Flanders on or around the 27th of November 1914. He died, aged 19, on 22nd of March 1915 and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial.
Pte. Peter Newton
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Glasgow
(d.1st July 1916)
Spr. Phillip Jackson Newton
British Army 182nd Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers
from:Sunderland
(d.27th Sep 1918)
My Great Grandad, Phillip Newton served with the 182nd Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. He was shot in the upper thigh and taken to hospital where he took a turn for the worst and died from his wound
L/Cpl. Thomas Newton
British Army
from:26 Grassmere Avenue, Newburn
(d.9th Aug 1915)
My grand uncle Thomas Newton was in the First World War and was killed in the Dardanelles on the 9th August 1915. His family were resident at 26 Grassmere Avenue Newburn
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