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256584 Major. Lewis Arnold Philip Roots D.C.M. Home Guard 28th Kent (1st Southern Railway) Battalion from:Maidstone, Kent Lewis Roots was born in 1891 in Little Chesterford in Essex. He was known as Philip to his family and friends. He joined the Welch Regiment before the outbreak of WW1. He was recorded at Hut and Llanion Barracks in 1911. He saw action in Belgium and France and was wounded on the battlefield in 1916 when he was a Corporal and again when an Acting Sergeant later in 1916. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in November 1916 for "conspicuous gallantry and ability in reconnoitring enemy positions, despite numerous snipers and gaining extremely valuable information. When his officer was wounded Acting Serjeant Roots took command of the regimental scouts and snipers and until wounded himself, continued to carry out very daring reconnaissances and work his section with great skill" He left the army and married in 1919. He joined the 28th Kent (1st Southern Railway) Battalion Home Guard in February 1944 as a Major. Lewis Arnold Philip Roots died in Maidstone in 1968. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.