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Gnr. Albert Edward Lewis
Royal Navy HMS Challenger
from:Bermondsey, London
(d.8th March 1915)
Albert Lewis was the husband of May Elizabeth Lewis, of 26 Beatrice Rd., Bermondsey, London.
He was 32 when he died and is buried in the Douala Cemetery, Cameroon, Grave 9.
Pte. Alfred Llewelyn Lewis
British Army Army Service Corps
Pte Alfred Lewis
British Army 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment
from:Liverpool
(d.3 Jul 1916)
Alfred Lewis, a labourer, enlisted at the age of 34 on 30th Jun 1915 in Liverpool. After training he embarked at Southampton on 3 Jan 1916 and joined No. 5 Infantry Base Depot, Rouen on 4 Jan 16.
He proceeded to the Front on 20 Jan 16, where he joined the 2nd Battalion. He was killed in action on 3 Jul 1916 during the unsuccessful attack on the Leipzig Salient on the Thiepval Spur in the Battle of the Somme. He left behind a widow and five children.
Cpl. Allan Leonard Lewis VC
British Army 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire
(d.21st September 1918)
Allan Lewis was killed in action on 21st September 1918, aged 23 and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis, of Wyeside, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire
An extract from the London Gazette, dated 28th Jan., 1919, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery at Ronssoy on the 18th September, 1918, when in command of a section on the right of an attacking line held up by intense machine gun fire. L./Cpl. Lewis observing that two enemy machine guns were enfilading the line, crawled forward singlehanded, and successfully bombed the guns, and by rifle fire later caused the whole team to surrender, thereby enabling the line to advance. On 21st September, 1918, he again displayed great powers of command, and, having rushed his company through the enemy barrage, was killed whilst getting his men under cover from heavy machine gun fire. Throughout he showed a splendid disregard of danger, and his leadership at a critical period was beyond all praise."
Pte. Arthur Edward Lewis
British Army 8th Btn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
from:141 Haggerston Road, Dalston, London
(d.27th Sep 1915)
Arthur Lewis died in the Battle at Loos. Nothing more is known and we have no photographs
Pte. Arthur Leslie Vernon Lewis
British Army 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leicester
Arthur Lewis joined up in Scarborough in September 1914, whilst on holiday. Although he joined up at the local cavalry depot, he was assigned to the East Yorkshire Regiment. He fought at Loos in September 1915 and was wounded, being shot in the ankle. He was sent to Dublin to convalesce. Back in action, he fought on the Somme, and was captured on the first day of the final battle, in November 1916. He spent the rest of the war as a prisoner, and was sent to work on a farm in the village of Hornerkirchen, north of Hamburg. He died in 1984, aged 91.
Benjamin Thomas Lewis
British Army 1st Battalion Welsh Guards
from:Bridell
Pte. Benjamin Thomas Lewis
British Army 1st Btn. Welsh Guards
from:Bridell, Pembrokeshire
2Lt. Benjamin Alfred Lewis
British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Llandybie, Carmarthenshire
(d.8th Nov 1918)
Benjamin Lewis was killed on the 8th of November 1918.
Spr. Charles Walter Lewis
British Army 5th Btn. B Coy South Wales Borderers
from:Stockport
(d.11th Apr 1918)
I was a teenager in 1956 and living in Wilmslow Cheshire when I bought the war medals and a framed picture of Charles Lewis from a local junk shop for 10 shillings. To me at the time it seemed very sad. Over the years I have compiled information on the life of Charles Lewis, who was killed in action in 1918 and I had intended to visit his grave. Sadly I found he has no known grave but one day I will visit the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Editor's Note: There is a page about Charles at www.stockport1914-1918.co.uk Charles Walter Lewis was born in Welch Hay, Brecon and lived in Longsight, Manchester. He enlisted in the South Wales Borderers at Newport, Mon and was killed in action.
Cpl. Charles Lewis
British Army 12th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
(d.11th Mar 1916)
Charles Lewis served with the Highland Light Infantry 12th Bsttalion. He was executed for desertion on 11th March 1916 and is buried in Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery and Extension, Mazingarbe, France.
Pte. Charles Edward Lewis
British Army 21st Btn Durham Light Infantry
Served with 18th DLI
L/Cpl. Charles Herbert Lewis
British Army 8th Btn. East Kent Regiment
from:Hammersmith
Bert Lewis served with the 8th Buffs. I know little about my father's war exploits, only what I can read of the history about his regiment/battalion campaigns in France and Belgium. Having joined up in 1914 and posted to France in August 1915, he must have taken part in numerous battles. He did receive serious injuries in the Somme, March 1918 in a short three-day battle at St. Quentin. The last information I have (in the form of certificate) is when he was honorably discharged on 6th May 1919.
L/Cpl. Charles "Bert" Lewis
British Army 8th Battalion Queen's Royal West Surrey
from:Hammersmith
2nd Lt. D. D. R. Lewis
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. David Thomas Lewis MM.
British Army 207th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
Pte. David Lewis
British Army 9th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Wigan, Lancashire
(d.25th Sept 1915)
David Lewis was born in Wales, resided in England and fought and died with a Scottish regiment at the Battle of Loos in France in 1915. He left behind a wife and four young children, unfortunately he never saw his youngest child, Isabella. I never met my granddad and have no more information.
Another brave soldier who should be remembered.
Pte. David Lewis
British Army 9th Btn. Scottish Rifles
from:Wigan
(d.25th Sep 1915)
David Lewis, born in Wales, resided in Wigan, England. Slaughtered and died at Loos, France, 25th September, 1915. A total waste. He left a young wife and four children, the youngest child a daughter he never saw, a daughter who never knew her father. His three teenage sons were left to pretty much look after themselves.
Pte. David Lewis
British Army 9th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Wigan
(d.25th Sep 1915)
David Lewis was born in Wales, was a steel worker and moved to Wigan where he settled, married and had a family. He served and died with a Scottish Regiment, on the 25 Sept 1915 at the Battle of Loos. From various accounts I believe the Scottish regiments were one of the first regiments 'over the top' in this particular offensive. David Lewis, left a widow, 3 young teenage sons and a daughter who never knew him.
I just believe that all soldiers should be remembered, David Lewis was my granddad who I did not meet or know and I remember him on behalf of his widow, 3 sons and his daughter (all deceased).
In Memory of Private David Lewis, 16879, 9th Bn., Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) who died on 25 September 1915 Remembered with Honour on the Loos Memorial. Everyone a hero. Thank you
2nd Lt. David Evan Lewis
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Warwick
My grandfather David Lewis served with the Machine Gun Corps. I have a photo album dated 1917 of the hospital and fellow inmates when he where undergoing treatment.
Sgt David James Lewis
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Aberystwyth
(d.20th July 1916)
Pte David John Lewis
British Army 11th (Service) Btn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Llangendeirne, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Sgt. Dawson Lewis
British Army 6th (Service) Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers
(d.25th Sept 1915)
Pte. Douglas Foxwell Lewis
British Army Gloucester Regiment
from:35 Despenser St, Riverside, Cardiff
My grandfather Douglas Lewis served with the Gloucester Regiment on the Western front from 24th of May 1916. His address on his medal card is listed as 35 Despenser St., Riverside, Cardiff. My father was born in 1930, At that time my grandfather lived in Penarth. My father used to tell me that he was a travelling salesman with a furniture company. He suffered lifelong arthritis due to a back injury suffered when a barracks collapsed during WWI. From everything else my father said about my grandfather, he was quite a joker, a happy go lucky type who seems to have moved past the horrors he experienced during the war.
Pte. Edward Lewis
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(d.3rd October 1917)
My mother, born in 1911, remembered Eddie Lewis on leave in his uniform. She was very fond of him.
Pte. Edward "Sil" Lewis
British Army 14th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Severn Cottage, Caersws, Montgomeryshire, Wales
(d.8th Oct 1918)
Sil Lewis was my grandmother's cousin. She was brought up with his family after her mother died when she was a baby. She said he was a great practical joker, always smiling, and always particularly kind to her.
Pte. Frank Lewis
British Army 3rd. Labour Coy. Devonshire Regiment
from:St. John's Road, Highgate, London.
(d.25th May 1918)
Frank Lewis was my great uncle. I have always had great admiration for my great grandmother, Rosamond Lewis. She was married to Alfred John Lewis, who served in the Metropolitan Police Force, and who was invalided out after 10 years. Their son, Frank, was killed at the Somme in May, 1918, just before hostilities ceased. Another son, John Perrin Lewis, who was in the Royal Garrison Artillery, was severely gassed early on in this war, and was affected for the rest of his life. There was a third son who also served, Oliver Lewis, but I have no details of his service. So, Rosamond had quite a lot to put up with, but managed to survive for 86 years. I served in the Cornwall Constabulary, but only found out about my Police great grandfather and his wonderful family recently.
L/Cpl. Frank Albert Lewis
British Army 1st/8th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(d.9th Aug 1918)
Frank Lewis, son of John and Fanny Lewis, was born at Yaxley, Huntingdonshire in 1891. The family moved to Southwick before moving to Belsize Avenue, Fletton, Peterborough, where Frank Albert Lewis enlisted. He was aged 27 when he was killed from a bullet wound during an enemy bombardment, and is buried in the Barenthal Military Cemetery, Asiago, Italy.
Pte. Frank Lewis
British Army 2nd Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Holton le Clay, Lincolnshire
(d.26th Sep 1917)
Frank Lewis was a young man who was scared of thunder and lightning but wanted to serve his country. He served with 2nd and 5th Battalions of the Lincolnshire Regiment.
Pte. Frederick Edgar Lewis
British Army 3rd Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:London
(d.1st December 1918)
Frederick Lewis served with the 3rd Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
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