21261, Private, Thomas Harold NEWMAN
Aged 21
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Born in Denham in Q2-1892 [Thingoe 4a:764] to James and Julia NEWMAN (née SMITH) of Denham End, Denham, Suffolk.
1901 census...Thomas [9] was living at Denham End at his grandmother's house (widowed Susan SMITH) with his father James [38], a farm labourer born Dalham; his mother Julia [37] born Denham; his brothers Frank P [7] and Martin E [4]; sisters Rose E [5]; Edna G [2] and Hilda J [6 months}. All the children were born in Denham. 1911 census...Harold [19] a farm labourer, was at Landwade, Exning with his parents, brothers Frank P and Edward (Martin E ) who were both farm workers, and sisters Rose, Edna and Hilda with a new sister Ida [8] born in Denham. By the end of the war the family had moved to 2 Railway Crossing, Newmarket. His younger brother Frank was killed in 1915, in Iraq. see here |
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The 11th Essex landed at Boulogne on 30th August 1915, transferred to 18th Brigade, VI Division on 27th October 1915. By October 1916, as part of the Battle
of the Somme, the VI Division were preparing for the attack on Transloy, the 11th Essex moving forward on 8th/9th in readiness for the attack on 12th.
They lost only 22 this week, 7 on the day Thomas died. |
A dozen men were buried in this area and later re-interred in Bancourt photo: Rodney Gibson
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