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Pte. Lewis C. Calvert
British Army. 1/5th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regt.
from:Sheepridge, Huddersfield.
(d.3rd Sep 1916)
Lewis Calvert was my grandmothers cousin, he was, I believe a Brass Founder by trade and lived in Huddersfield. He served with the Duke of Wellingtons, (West Riding) 1/5th Battalion.
He was killed on 3rd of September 1916 when his battalion along with others attacked an area known as the "Popes Nose", a part of the Schwaben Redoubt on the Somme.
He is listed as being killed in action and has no known grave.
He is commemorated on the memorial at Thiepval.