BORN LAXTON, YORKS, 1896. HULL PAL. KILLED IN ACTION. SON OF GEORGE SIDNEY NEWMAN (1860-1941) & ANN SIMMS (1859-1937), OF LAXTON, HOWDEN, EAST YORKS. SON OF A BRICKLAYER, LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS, HARRY, JOHN AND JOSEPH AND ONE SISTER, SARAH ANN NEWMEN WHO ALL LIVED IN BROUGH. A FARM SERVANT, WHO WAS UNMARRIED AND HAD NO CHILDREN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, 116 LBS WEIGHT, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 29/01/1915. HE CLAIMED TO BE 19 YEARS OLD, BUT WAS ONLY 17. TRAINED AT POCKLINGTON, RIPON AND NEWCASTLE. ARRIVED FRANCE ON 08/04/1916. SERVED WITH THE 13TH eyr (HULL PALS). KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916. AGED 19. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 289 DAYS.
First name:
JAMES SIDNEY
Regiment:
Military Number:
13/1288
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
