HERBERT WALTER NEWSON

From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730

As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570

Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.

Field of Honour

Born: 15th April 1905, Ipswich.

Died: 16th September 1941; age: 36; Heart Failure due to Cerebral Tumour, at the Royal Air Force Station Sick Quarters, Skegness, Lincolnshire.

Post Mortem. Family informant – brother-in-law, Walter Ellis George, of ‘Bordia’ Barham House Lane, Barham, Suffolk.

Residence: 12, Park View Road, Ipswich.

Occupation: Machine Operator for Messrs. W. A. & A. C. Churchman – Tobacco Manufacturers, of Portman Road, Ipswich.

Rank: Aircraftman Second Class; Service Number: 1460545.

Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 11 Recruits Centre.

Grave Reference:

C.31.23.

Ipswich Old Cemetery,

Ipswich.

Relatives Notified & Address: Husband of Phyllis Ellen Newson, of Ipswich.

CENSUS

1911   244, Bramford Road, Ipswich.

Herbert was 5 years old and living with his parents & siblings.

Joseph William Newson, 48, a Slater – Building – own account, born Ipswich.

Mary Newson (nee Amass), 45, born Ipswich.

Joseph William Newson, 25, a Flour Mill Hand, born Ipswich.

Elizabeth Field Newson, 21, a Machine Sewing Saleswoman – Singer, born Brantham, Suffolk.

Cecil Charles Newson, 16, a Greengrocer’s Assistant – J.Coe, born Ipswich.

Frederick George Newson, 15, a Photographer’s Assistant – B. Turner, born Ipswich.

Leonard Arthur Newson, 13, born Ipswich.

Reginald Newson, 11, born Ipswich.

Stanley Newson, 9, born Ipswich.

Dorothy Evelyn Newson, 7, born Ipswich.

1921   244, Bramford Road, Ipswich.

Herbert was 16 years and 2 months old. He was an Engineering Apprentice for Ransome, Sims & Jefferies, Ipswich, and lived with his widowed mother and siblings.

Mary Newson, 55 years & 2 months old, Home Duties.

Cecil Newson, 26 years & 4 months old, a Fireman for the Great Eastern Railway, at Ipswich.

Frederick Newson, 24 years & 10 months old, a Civil Service Clerk – Employment Exchange, at Princes Street, Ipswich.

Stanley Newson, 19 years & 8 months old, a Legging Finisher for Messrs. W.A. & J. Turner Ltd. – Leather Merchants, of Princes Street, Ipswich.

Dorothy Newson, 17 years & 10 months old, a Clerk for Messrs. W. A. & A. C. Churchman – Tobacco Manufacturers, of Portman Road, Ipswich.

Herbert’s father, Joseph William Newson, died in 1916, Ipswich. His mother, Mary Newson, died at 28, Beech Grove, Ipswich, just 1 day after Herbert, 17th September  1941.

In 1933, in Ipswich, Herbert married Phyllis Ellen George, born December 1908, Kings Lynn, Norfolk – daughter of John Thomas George, a carpenter and joiner, and Gertrude May George (nee Catchpole), of 43, Richmond Road, Ipswich.

ENGLAND and WALES REGISTER 1939.

Herbert was a Machine Operator at the Tobacco Factory. He lived with his wife and brother at their family home – 12, Park View Road, Ipswich.

Phyllis, unpaid Domestic Duties.

Stanley Newson, a Leather Cutter – Clicker.

Probate to Phyllis Ellen Newson – widow.