Geburtsdatum: 15/07/1893

Geburtsort: Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, Wales, Vereinigtes Königreich

Beruf: Bergwerksmechaniker

Religion: Church of England

Land: Wales, Vereinigtes Königreich

Truppe: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Driver

Dienstnummer: 2827

Einberufung ort: Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, Vereinigtes Königreich

Einheiten:  —  Royal Field Artillery, "D" Bty. 64th Bde.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 28/10/1917

Sterbeort: Kansas Cross, Langemark, Belgien

Todesursache: Verwundet

Alter: 24

1914-15 Star Medaille

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

David William Lewis was born on the 15th of July 1893 in Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, Wales. David worked with his father, John, and brother, Fred, in the local Coal Mine. As soon as the War broke out, he enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery on 1 September 1914. David went to France and Flanders in March 1915. He died of wounds at No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station on 28 October 1917, during the Battle of Passchendaele. At the time he served as a Driver in “D” Battery, of the 64th Army Brigade Royal Field Artillery.

In October 1917 all Batteries of the 64th Army Brigade RFA, were positioned near Kansas Cross and Fokker Farm, along the Wieltje – ‘s Gravenstafel road. The Brigade supported the New Zealand attack on Bellevue on the 12th of October. On 26 October it supported the Canadian advance on the Passchendaele Ridge. David was possibly wounded, while serving with the 64th Army Brigade Royal Field Artillery near Kansas Cross.

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