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NAME: Newsam, Harry Brighstone

RANK: 2nd Lieutenant

UNIT: Tank Corps (formerly Corporal 1984 Northern Cyclist Battalion)

BATTALION ETC: 3rd (Light) Battalion

REGIMENTAL NUMBER:

HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Killed in action 8th August 1918

WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Le Quesnel Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France

OTHER INFORMATION: Age 31. Commissioned into the Machine Gun Corps then transfered to Tank Corps. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Newsam of Andover, Hants. Husband of Catherine Anne Maxwell (formerly Newsam) of Belfield, Kenton Rd., Newcastle-on-Tyne.