NEWMANS

[signalman]

  hELLO ALL , Could someone please help me . Im searching for Edwin Newman who the story goes left england Tewkesbury before the last war to pick potatoes in the channel islands and never came back and thats about as much as I know Edwin born in 1905/6 in Tewkesbury and wed in Tewkesbury Gloucestershire although havent found a marriage yet ,he was my fathers ,half brother so I guess that makes him my half uncle  It would be nice to fill in some gaps . 

[Hill]

Hi

Not good news I'm afraid.

If he had been In Jersey during the occupation, he would have had to complete an Occupation Registration Card. Sadly, there is no card (for either Newman or Newmans. Your title differs from the text).

I next looked to see if he had been sent to a camp in Europe. There is a complete list for all Channel Islands in the book  "Islanders Deported". Again, thankfully, there is no such name. The nearest was an Ernest Newman.

The conclusion for Jersey is therefore that he left before the island was invaded but to where I have no idea.

Hopefully someone from the other islands will pick up this posting.

Stewart

PS Could he have served somewhere in WWII? It may be worth checking the military records.

[signalman]

HI , Thankyou very much for your help im most grateful . I shall look into war records but I feel he might have been too old for that .  Regards