Lives of the First World War

Richard Frank Newman Private 46262, 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers, died on Sunday 28th July 1918. Richard was the son of Mrs Newman of 8, Cline Road, Guildford. The Surrey Advertiser, 27th April 1918, listed him as missing in action, and the same paper on 1st. June confirmed him as a Prisoner of War. On the 16th November 1918, the Surrey Advertiser reported his death, as follows:- "Mrs. Newman, 8 Cline Road, Charlotteville, has received news that her son Pte. Richard F. Newman, Northumberland Fusiliers has died in Germany while a prisoner of war. It was sent by a fellow prisoner, a London Rifleman, who stated that her son died after a week's painful illness. Pte. Newman was taken prisoner in the German advance in March last. He had been in France close upon two years. Formerly he was in the employ of Messrs. Fogwill coal merchants and he leaves a widow and two children, who are now living at Haslemere." German POW records show that he was captured at Bullescourt on 21st March 1918 and sent to Dulmen prisoner of war camp. The record shows he died of pneumonia on 28th July 1918. Richard is buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany. Grave XIII. F. 6. There are over 2000 Allied servicemen buried in the cemetery, many having been brought here from other cemeteries, in other parts of Germany, at the end of the War.

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