BORN BRADFORD, 1879. KNOWN AS ‘JACK’. ELDEST SON OF MARY & THE LATE SGT. JOSEPH NEWTON (POW), OF 52, FLEET STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 163RD ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/09/1918, AGED 39. BURIED IN FRANCE
HE LEFT MOTHER, ALFRED & JENNY. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 24/10/1918.
HE IS COMMEMORATED AT ST MARYS CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE HULL.
NOTE OTHER NEWTONS- WILLIAM- 6 NICHOLSON STREET, CHARLES & OLIVE – 6 HASTINGS AVENUE, FOLKESTONE. STREET., NEWTON BROTHERS. BUTCHERS SHOP, 65 SCULCOATES LANE.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
290834
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
20/09/1918
Place died:
Cagnicourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
39
52 , FLEET STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
