Enlisted 2/6/1916, 76211 Pte 10 Bn Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regt, & 2/4 West Riding and 39917 Gloucestershire Regt. Sent to France 3/10/1917, seriously wounded 25/11/1917, probably hit by shrapnel in the head and cheek, and spent most of the rest of the war in hospital. 1911C and Army record gave b 1888 Hathersage, 1901C & 1891C gave b Hope Woodlands! Brother of Clarence Ralph Newton and half-brother to Wallace Harry Newton (see below).