Harrogate Herald - 1st August 1917

Letters

H Newby, acknowledging the Herald, says : 

I am sure it is quite a treat to get a bit of local news, as the paper gives you a good insight of what is going on at home. I am pleased to tell you that I have met a New Park chap I know called Fred Needham. He joined our battalion a fortnight ago. He is about the only local lad I know in our battalion. We are out for a rest at present, as you will see by the Church Army paper, and the countryside where we are resting is most picturesque; everything looks so peaceful. I am sorry to see Fred Miller from Clint is missing. he was an old workmate of mine.

Harrogate Herald - 24th October 1917

Roll of Honour

Mrs F Needham, 2 Primrose Hill, New Park, has received information that her husband, Private Fred Needham, was killed in action on the 27th September. He joined the West Yorks on November 1st last year, but was transferred into the ??? Yorks Regt. He was a well-known member of the Harrogate Rugby Football Club, and is the only son of Mr & Mrs Needham, 69 Chatsworth Place. He leaves a widow and three children.

Harrogate Herald - 29th September 1920

In ever-loving memory of my dear husband, Private Fred Needham, killed in action September 27th, 1917 – From his loving wife and children.

[ Same from his mother and dad ]