BORN MATLOCK, DERBYSHIRE, 1885. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM NEWTON AND AND LUCY SPENDLOVE (1859-1935), OF 5 WEST VIEW, AIR STREET, HULL. HIS SISTER EDITH, LIVED 43 FOLKESTONE STREET, HULL; CHARLES AND OLIVE AT 6 HASTING AVENUE, FOLKESTONE STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF MINNIE, FROM DFIFFIELD. HE WORKED FOR THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPAMY, HULL WITH HIS […]
BORN HULL 1895. SECOND SON OF CHARLES TOWNLEY (1857-1920) & ADA TOWNLEY (1860-1943), OF 96, GOULTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HIS FATHER WAS A BOILERMAKER. BERNARD WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/5TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/09/1917, AGED […]
