NamePhilip NEWTON, 4C1R
Birth21 Jul 1918, Baildon, West Yorkshire
OccupationJoiner
Notes for Philip NEWTON
In the 1921 census 33 Baildon Road, Baildon, West Yorkshire
[Baildon is about 3 miles from Horsforth and 3 miles from Bradford.]
Head Philip Brodie Newton, age 40 years 6 months, married, born Horsforth, boot maker and repairer - employer, 1 Victoria Street, Baildon
Wife Ethel Newton, age 38 years 2 months, born Leeds, Yorkshire, home duties
Son Ernest Newton, age 13 years 7 months, parents both alive, born Horsforth, boot maker & repairing - P.B. Newton
Daughter Margaret Newton, age 8 years 8 months, parents both alive, born Horsforth, school whole time
Daughter Clara Newton, age 5 years 5 months, parents both alive, born Baildon, school whole time
Son Philip Newton, age 2 years 11 months, parents both alive, born Baildon
UK Military Records
Philip Newton Army Number 10135194 [replaced by 104176]
Private, later driver
18th SLMD Royal Artillery 123rd Battery, later Royal Army Service Corps
1 Fernehurst cottages, Baildon, Bradford, Yorkshire
Apprentice joiner
Born July 21 1918
Single
Nest of Kin: Phillip Brodie Newton (Father), 1 Fernehurst Cottages
Home July 17 1939 to September 24 1939, 70 days
British Expeditionary Force September 25 1939 to May 27 1940, 245 days
Germany Prisoner of War May 28 1940 to May 11 1945, 4 years 349 days Stalag XXA1 [Torun, Poland]
[It seems he was captured during the time of the Dunkirk evacuation. May 26 to June 4, 1940]
[Stalag XX-A was liberated February 1 1945 by the Soviet Army.]
[Victory in Europe Day was May 8 1945]
Home May 12 1945 to May 24 1946, 1 year 13 days
Class Z Reserve May 25 1946