Newton, Frederick Gilbert: Captain

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Frederick Newton listed in LAC as a Captain and later as a Lieutenant in 18th Battalion War Diaries. Confirmation of soldier in 18th Battalion Nominal Roll (1915).

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Family Search: When Captain Frederick Gilbert Newton was born on 1 June 1892, in Bayfield, Bluewater, Huron, Ontario, Canada, his father, Frank Gibson Newton, was 36 and his mother, Mary Agnes Robinson, was 18. He married Lilias Torrance on 1 June 1921, in Lachine, Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1934 and lived in Lambton, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1950. He died in 1976, at the age of 84, and was buried in Bayfield, Huron, Ontario, Canada.

See entry in War Diary here October 2, 1915: “Lieut. F. G. Newton in a shocking condition as a result of [‘nerves’?] + sent to hospital. Also 53089 Cpl. CASH (H.W.) with chronic [illegible – rheumatism?]”

Married Lilias Thomas Newton in 1921.

Biography for Lilias Thomson Newton with details about Frederick Gilbert Newton.

“FORMER EASTERN LEAGUE PLAYERS ARE PLAYING BALL BEHIND THE TRENCHES”

Chicago, August 16.–The following letter was received last week by B. B. Johnson, president of the American League, from Lieutenant F. G. Newton of the Eighteenth Battalion of Canadian soldiers at Sandling Camp, Hythe, Kent, England, who served in Windsor, Ontario, before he went to war, and was a Detroit Tiger fan.

EIGHTEENTH BATTALION, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Sandling Camp, Hythe, Kent, England, 12th July, 1915.

B. B. Johnson, Esq., President American League, Chicago, Ill.

Dear Sir–The writer having read of your interest in the Canadian expeditionary force, and more especially of baseball in it, thought you would probably be interested to know of some of our pastime in ye olde game of baseball, or, as they call it over here, “glorified rounders.”

In this camping district there are some 50,000 Canadians, and, of course, most every battalion has its team, whether good, bad or indifferent.

In our own immediate area we have a league composed of the battalions of our brigade, the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first. The Eighteenth Battalion comes from Western Ontario, and my own home town, Windsor, and has in it a lot of our men and officers, and of course, most of us are rabid fans of Navin Field. The Nineteenth and Twentieth are from Toronto and district, and the Twenty-first from Kingston.

It is very surprising the number of professional and semi-pro ball players that are in our brigade. We have quite a number of former Canadian League players, as well as some worldly league of Ontario players, and here and there one sees across some old-time AA man. I know one or two who used to play in the old Eastern League.

For myself, I used to write baseball stuff for some time, and managing our little team affords me a short respite during which takes me back to my own country for a few hours occasionally.

A great number of the English stores, or “shops,” as they call them, are carrying a line of baseball goods, and, though occasionally it is difficult to procure just everything one needs, we manage to do pretty well. Our diamond, laid out quite properly with the help of a Reach guide, is in the center of our parade grounds, and after having it rolled with a steam roller it is almost too fast for our speed.

I am enclosing a box score which I kept of yesterday’s game, which although not a very credible box score to either team, is hung up in camp, and of course the object of admiration by our own battalion boys.

We occasionally get hold of a real live dope sheet and devour it to the utmost, but envelope paper are very rare.

On behalf of the ball players and fans of our brigade I want to thank you for your interest in baseball among the Canadian fighters.

Very truly yours, F. G. NEWTON, Lieutenant Eighteenth Battalion, C. E. F. G. P. O., London, England.

The Buffalo Commercial

Mon, Aug 16, 1915 ·Page 7

The LAC has this soldier’s middle-name as George.

An Act for the relief of Lilias Torrance Newton.

[Assented to 23rd May, 1933.]

WHEREAS Lilias Torrance Newton, residing at the city
of Montreal, in the province of Quebec, artist, wife
of Frederick Gilbert Newton, broker, who is domiciled in
Canada and residing at the said city of Montreal, has by
her petition alleged that they were married on the first
day of June, A.D. 1921, at the city of Lachine, in the
said province, she then being Lilias Torrance, a spinster;
and whereas by her petition she has prayed that, because
of his adultery since then, their marriage be dissolved;
and whereas the said marriage and adultery have been
proved by evidence adduced and it is expedient that the
prayer of her petition be granted: Therefore His Majesty,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and
House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: —

1. The said marriage between Lilias Torrance and
Frederick Gilbert Newton, her husband, is hereby dis-
solved, and shall be henceforth null and void to all intents
and purposes whatsoever.

Right to 2. The said Lilias Torrance may at any time hereafter

marry again. [She may] marry any man whom she might lawfully marry if the said
marriage with the said Frederick Gilbert Newton had not
been solemnized.

Marriage
dissolved.

Source: “Acts of the Parliament of Canada (17th Parliament, 4th Session, Chapter 56-92), 1932, 1933”
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Link: https://archive.org/stream/actsofparl193233v02cana/actsofparl193233v02cana_djvu.txt

Found reference to father here:

TEN THOUSAND AT SARNIA

July 13, 1918

From the various centres in the County of Lambton, from many points in the State of Michigan, including Port Huron and Detroit ten thousand Orangemen came today to celebrate. A feature in the music was the Windsor Highland Band. The following were the speakers: Reverend W. H. Graham of Stratford, chairman, address of welcome by Mayor James S. Crawford, Reverend Brother Lowe Lucan, Brother Robert F. Brown, Chicago, Reverend Bro. F. G. Newton, G. F. Clarke, R. A. Brooke, A. H. Rhodes, and Brother R. E. Lesueur.