BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WALTER NEWBY AND SARAH ANN HUNT, 75 EDGAR STREET AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN FROM A FISHING FAMILY. A FISHERMAN. SERVED AS A COAL TRIMMER ON THE TITANIA. LOST AT SEA ON 11/05/1916, AGED 16, HIS TWO BROTHERS FRED AND LORENZO NEWBY WERE BOTH LOST ON THE MAGNETA TRAWLER. ON 01/02/1922, DURING THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR. THEIR FATHER WALTER NEWBY SERVED WITH THE ROYAL NAVY RESERVE THROUGHOUT THE GREAT WAR AND DIED IN 1941.
Titania (H 903) FV was a British registered fishing vessel of 179grt that was sunk by the Hamburg mine laying force on the 18th May 1915 by a torpedo boat.
CREW LOST ON TITANIA (H903), enemy action N. W. of the Dogger Bank, 18th May, 1915.
BLOOMFIELD, Edward (18), 47 Flinton St, Hull. Deckhand
FIELDSEND, Frederick (45), 2 Belle Vue-Court, Harrow St, Hull. Chief Engineer
GLENTON, Albert (42), 14 Victoria St, Hessle. 3rd/Hand
HULSE, Frederick (41), 20 Parrott St, Hull. Bosun
NEWBY, Alfred (16), 15 Nellie-Terrace, Gillett St, Hull. Trimmer
PEEL, Ambrose (46), 9 Wicken-Terrace, Wassand St, Hull. Cook
SLATER, Horace (35), 6 Herbert-Terrace, Wassand St, Hull. Mate
WILLIAMS, James (25), 1 Ivy Terrace, Rugby St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
WORREL, William (55), 1 Belgrave-ter, Eton St, Hull. Skipper
