BORN HULL 1889. ONLY SON OF SAMUEL GEORGE NEWBY (1856-1922) AND ELIZABETH NEWBY (1859- ), OF 8, ASPIN AVENUE, SYMONS STREET, HULL. HE HAD SEVEN SISTERS. A JOINER BY TRADE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 38-40 INCH CHEST, 144 LBS WEIGHT, WESLYIAN RELIGION.
MARRIED AT ST MARY’S, SCULCOATES, HULL, ON 26/12/1914. HUSBAND OF MARY JANE (JENNY) FORSEY (1889-1963), OF 16, NORTHUMBERLAND VILLAS, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE SON, LEONARD, BORN ON 13/08/1915.
ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 24/06/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 04/01/1917. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS AN EFFICIENT, EXCEMPLARY NCO. DIED OF SELF INFLICTED INJURIES, WHILE INSANE, ON 31/03/1919, AGED 29. HE HUNG HIMSELF IN FULL UNIFORM FROM A WASH HOSUE PIPE, AT MARDYCK CAMP. HE HAD BECOME DEPRESSED ABOUT DELAYS IN HIS DEMOBILISATION AND WANTED TO RETURN HOME. HE IS BURIED AT DUNKIRK, FRANCE.
HE WIDOW LATER MOBED TH 23, THE QUADRANT, HULL.
