Pte
Francis William Newton
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 11/11/1897 |
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Place of birth: Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
General information
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Profession: Woollen Mill Worker |
Army information
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Country: England, United Kingdom |
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Force: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 38114 |
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Units: — Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 2nd Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 01/09/1917 |
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Place of death: No. 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul, France |
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Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.) |
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Age: 19 |
Cemetery
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Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension Plot: I Row: B Grave: 49 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 2
| #1 | Place of birth | ||
| #2 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
Private (Signaller) Francis William Newton was part of the 2nd Bn. Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment), also known as the Green Howards. The battalion was part of the 21st Brigade, 30th Division. Francis William worked at a wooden mill, John Smith and Sons, Limited, Fieldhead Mills.
During the Battle of Passchendaele the 30th Division took over the Messines-Wytschaete front from August on. The frontline was at the bottom of the eastern slope of the hill below Oostaverne. On August 30th the battalion relieved the 18th Bn. King’s Liverpool Regiment in the frontline and took over the shell hole positions. The war diary mentions that the situation was quiet on 1 September and that there were the usual working parties and patrols. Private Newton must have been wounded during one of these tasks. In a newspaper article is mentioned that a letter was sent by one of his comrades saying he was struck by shrapnel and died of his wounds at an Australian Casualty Clearing Station. The N°1 Australian C.S.S. was located in Bailleul at that time. He succumbed of his wounds and was buried at Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension in Bailleul (FR.), where he is still remembered today.
During the Battle of Passchendaele the 30th Division took over the Messines-Wytschaete front from August on. The frontline was at the bottom of the eastern slope of the hill below Oostaverne. On August 30th the battalion relieved the 18th Bn. King’s Liverpool Regiment in the frontline and took over the shell hole positions. The war diary mentions that the situation was quiet on 1 September and that there were the usual working parties and patrols. Private Newton must have been wounded during one of these tasks. In a newspaper article is mentioned that a letter was sent by one of his comrades saying he was struck by shrapnel and died of his wounds at an Australian Casualty Clearing Station. The N°1 Australian C.S.S. was located in Bailleul at that time. He succumbed of his wounds and was buried at Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension in Bailleul (FR.), where he is still remembered today.
Sources 6
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Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Sources used |
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CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/42448/FRANCIS%20WILLIAM%20NEWTON/ Sources used |
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Long Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Sources used |
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War Diary http://www.nmarchive.com/ Sources used |
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War Diary https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338718 Sources used |
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Wylly H. C., The Green Howards in the Great War, 1926, Richmond Yorkshire, pp. 95-96 Sources used |