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Nobody seems to be carrying a gun...

Newman was appointed as a Temporary 2nd Lt on 12 October 1915 as per the London Gazette www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29333/pages/10285/page.pdf

Probably 9th (Service) Battalion owing to the pioneer collar dogs below the North Staffs badges.

Born second quarter of1894. The 1901 census records him living at 63 Lichfield Grove, Finchley with his parents and older brother [the property still exists].
Father - Gerald Riley Newman b1848 West Dean, Brighton - Stockbroker
Mother - Ada Sarah Newman b1863 Islington
Brother - Gerald Leslie b1891Finchley
2 srevants
The national Probate (index of Wills & Administrations) records the following
“NEWMAN Cyril Arnell of 160 Marylebone Road, Middlesex. Second-lieutenant died 28th April 1917 in France. Administration London 2 November to Ragnhid Torp Newman, widow. Effects £187 10s."
He had only married Ragnhid in 1917 [date unknown] so they can only have been married a matter of a few months, she died in 1976. A living member of his family has posted photographs of his grave on Ancestry.com

My mistake, looking at my original notes, I had spelled it correctly [with the L]. Seems my typing is not up to par!

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Commomwealth War Graves Commission lists the following BURTON, THOMAS HAROLD Rank:Gunner Service No:L/1649 Date of Death:25/03/1918 Age:22 Regiment/Service:Royal Field Artillery "C" Coy. 178th Bde. Grave ReferenceI. C. 25. Cemetery BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY, BAILLEULVAL Additional Information: Native of Nottingham. Only son of Thomas and Fanny Burton, of 50, Ramsey St., Scarborough. they can found www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/18615/BURTON,%2... A photo of the his grave can be found here twgpp.org/information.php?id=2430605

My great uncle James Scott of the Lincolnshire regiment was killed 23/4th March 1918 in German Assault, at Arras. Would this been the same assault as Gunner Burton. Thank You.

This photograph was possibly taken at the studio of Alan Rufford at 19 Market Street, Nottingham. 178 (East Ham) Howitzer Brigade RFA went to France in June 1916 (commanded by Lt Col D H Gill [later Col, CMG DSO]) as part of the Divisional Artillery of 40th Division (119, 120 and 121 Infantry Brigades). 178 Brigade supported 20th Division at Cambrai in 1917. On 21st March 1918, back with 40th Division in Fifth Army, 'C' Battery of 178th Brigade RFA (also referred to as CLXXVIII Brigade) was amongst the artillery positions subjected to intense counter-battery fire on the first day of the 'Ludendorff Offensive'. Over a million shells were fired by the Germans in the first 5 hours of this attack, chiefly targeting British artillery batteries which had been accurately located by aerial reconnaissance and had been static for too long on what was considered a quiet sector of the front. The 178th Brigade war diaries June 1916 to March 1919 are at the National Archive, WO95/2598. A Mr Dave Steward at 'The Great War Forum' has a particular interest in 178th Brigade RFA.//

The 1911 Census record shows him living at 41 Ewart Road, Nottingham which is still standing today. He was living there with his mother and father and 23 year old sister Fanny. He was 15 and an office boy at the time of the census.

Nurselead 'Nurselead' - Your Great Uncle, 38739 Pte James Scott of the Lincolnshire Regiment could have been serving in one of a number of battalions, including 1st (at Poziers), 2nd (at Bethancourt), 5th (withdrawing from St Quentin), and 7th (near Arras). The location of his memorial at Arras suggests he was in 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, but that is in no way definitive. This German attack, launched on 21st March 1918, called Operation Michael, threw 21 divisions, supported by intense artillery concentrations, focused on St Quentin, across an Allied front of 23 miles. This was the German 'Spring Offensive' aimed at achieving a decisive victory before the American forces could arrive in sufficient numbers to defeat the progressively weakening Central Powers.//