Newman, Neville (1895 - 1916)

Lieutenant, 10th/11th Bn. Highland Light Infantry

Buried at Vermelles British Cemetery

Commemorated at

Lieutenant Newman, who was born in Manchester but by 1901 the family had relocated to Glasgow and were living at 38 Park Road, Glasgow. Lieutenant Newman was killed in action, aged 21, at Vermelles on 28 June 1916.

He is buried at Vermelles British War Cemetery. He was the son of the late Levy and Mary Newman, of Glasgow.

Lieutenant Newman features on the Faces of the First World War. Find out more about the Imperial War Museum's First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. The attached photo was presented to the Imperial War Museum by his brother S Newman of West Hampstead and there for is subject to the IWM Non-Commercial license.