BORN HULL 19/09/1874. SON OF SAMUEL NEWBURY (1849-1929) & LATE ELIZABETH ANN COLLINSON (1850-1921) OF 41 HADDON STREET, HULL. ONE OF ELEVEN SIBLINGS. SKIPPER, DAVID COLLINSON NEWBURRY, OF THE FISHING VESSEL, “FITROY” DIED ON 11/10/1915, AGED 38, WHEN HIS SHIP HIT A MINE. ALL HANDS LOST.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROH, AND TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. HE MARRIED FLORENCE FIELDS (1884-1959), ON 14/12/1903 AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, AND HAD 3 CHILDREN. HE LEFT £182 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW FLORENCE, LIVING AT 77 BARCROFT STREET, CLEETHORPES.
HIS BROTHER, JOHN CLARKE NEWBURY, 4TH EYR, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/06/1916, AGED 21.
HIS BROTHER, GEORGE WILLIAM NEWBURY, S/S “SHIPCOTE”, LOST AT SEA ON 13/11/1915, AGED 25.
HIS BROTHER, SAMUEL NEWBURY DIED IN JUNE 1916, AGED 39.
