Ralph was born in Bramley, Yorkshire on 14th November 1890, the only child of Richard Herbert and Sarah Anne Newsome. Sarah died in childbirth. Later the family lived at 28 Huddersfield Road, Brighouse, Yorkshire.
Richard married Ada Stansfield in 1902.
Ralph was a pre-war regular soldier who served in India in 1911.
He went to France with 2nd Battalion on 15th January 1915.
Private Ralph Dickinson Newsome, 8678, 7th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment died on 10th June 1916, aged 25, killed during the construction of advanced trenches in the Fricourt area.
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