HISOM James Newman
Died 1 August 1917 Age 30
Remembered Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Panel 34 France
James Newman HISOM
Service Record
Private 36925 East Lancaster Regiment 7th Battalion.
Husband of Bessie Hilsom of 101 Lynwood Avenue Darwen Lancashire, on the 1911 census he was showing as a house painter and his wife was a weaver. There daughter Ellen was 1 year old.
The 1901 census shows James living in Warton with his parents and siblings Thomas (52), Lucy (47), John W (28), Thomas (26), Joseph (24), Richard (22) Arabella (20) George (18) and Ellen (16)
The data is the editor’s interpretation of documents from:
- The National Archive
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Find My Past (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Ancestry.co.uk (this can be viewed free of charge in local UK libraries if you are a library member).
- Everyone Remembered.