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Pte. George Lewis MM.
British Army 5th Btn Royal Welch Fusiliers
from:Mostyn
George Lewis (my Taid) born 10th Jan 1894 and from Halendy, Mostyn. He served overseas with the 5th Btn (a Territorial unit). I make his enlistment to be Feb/March 1912. From enlistment to early 1917 he was 984 and afterwards he was 240206. The reason he has two numbers is because the whole Territorial Force was renumbered to 6 digit numbers in early 1917.The RWF had four Territorial battalions each with it's own number sequence . Until war outbreak he was attending annual camps etc. and at outbreak he was immediately mobilised.
He went to Gallipoli in August 1915 and was wounded in that campaign. After that he went to Egypt/Palestine. He was awarded the Military Medal, according to the War Diary being presented with the award whilst in rest camp on 13th of November 1917. There is every chance that this was for action at 3rd Battle of Gaza earlier that month. He has a card at Hawarden Records Office that might provide further info. He died in Pen-y-ffordd on 5th July 1961.
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