Thomas Benjamin Newell

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

503971

Unit at enlistment:

Canadian Engineers Training Depot

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Westminster Memorial Park Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario

Commemorated at:

St. John's Anglican Church, Paris Baptist Church, Paris District High School Honour Roll

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Paris, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

151 Howland Avenue, Toronto, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Falkland, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Druggist

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX January 24, 1950

PARIS – Thomas B. Newell, 59-year-old druggist, died Monday at his home in Toronto. Born in Paris, he was a graduate of the Ontario College of Pharmacy, and retired two years ago. Surviving are his widow and three sons.

BX January 26, 1950

Thomas B. Newell

The funeral service for Thomas B. Newell, 59, native of Paris, Ont., was held Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of the McDougall and Brown Funeral Home, Toronto. Interment was in Westminster Memorial Park. For many years Mr. Newell operated a drug store at St. Clair Avenue west and Vaughan Road, Toronto. He retired two years ago because of heart trouble. Mr. Newell served overseas in the First World War with the Canadian Engineers and was a member of the United Church and the Sappers Club. Surviving are his widow, the former Olga Sweetman; three sons, George, John and Thomas, and two brothers, Arthur, West Palm Beach, Fla., and William, Paris, Ontario.