Thomas Newsom

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF GEORGE NEWSOM (1855-1900) AND AUGUSTA EMMA HULLOCK (1853-1904).  SON OF A FISHERMAN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, GEORGE AND THREE SISTERS. A BOILER CLEANER, HE LIVED WITH HIS MARRIED SISTER, SARAH, JANE AT 2, JAMES TERRACE, JANE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS)

HE MARRIED JANE BURTON BRADLEY AT ST MARYS, LOWGATE, HULL, IN1913. LIVED AT 1, INDUSTRIAL TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), AND 4, ALBANY VILLAS, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL. (HDM ADDRESS 01/09/1916).

HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL SPORTSMEN BATTALION. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EYR, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/08/1916, AGED 27. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, JANE BURTON (1893-1957) AND TWO CHILDREN. HIS WIDOW RE-MARRIED AND BECAME MRS WHINHAM.

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE THOMAS NEWSON 12/1146. Born in Hull and enlisted at City Hall joining the 12th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 'The Sportsmen', 3rd Hull Pals. Details on Thomas are sketchy at best, but after serving in Egypt he landed in France on March 8th 1916 catching the train north from Marseilles to Armentieres and entering the trenches for the first time later that month. Thomas was killed in action on 17th August 1916 and buried in Le Touret Military Cemetery.