BORN LANARK, GLASGOW 17/02/1882. SON OF THOMAS & MARGRATE NEWSOM.
MARRIED AT BEVERLEY ON 26/11/1911. WIFE LIZZIE & SON LIVED AT 6 LINDUM VILLAS, PAISLEY STREET, HULL AND 9, WALTHAM TERRACE, MILL LANE BEVERLEY (CWGC ADDRESS).
ENLISTED BEVERLEY. JOINED ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY IN 1900 AND SERVED WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. PROMOTED TO BOMBARDIER. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/09/1918, AGED 36.
BURIED AT TREFON CEMETERY, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “HE SLEEPS WITH ENGLAND’S HEROES IN THE WATCHFUL CARE OF GOD”
First name:
THOMAS
Military Number:
12824
Rank:
Bombardier
Date Died
29/09/1918
Place died:
Trefcon British Cemetery, Caulaincourt, Aisne, France
Age:
36
6 LINDUM VILLAS, PAISLEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
