L/Cpl
John Lewis
Information about birth
Year of birth: 1890 |
Army information
Country: England, United Kingdom |
Force: British Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Lance Corporal |
Service number: 17186 |
Units: — Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1st Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 09/10/1917 |
Age: 27 |
Cemetery
Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot: II Row: A Grave: 7 |
Distinctions and medals 2
British War Medal Medal |
Victory Medal Medal |
Sources 1
1 Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. (The National Archives, KEWS (TNA), WO 95/1665/1). https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303 Sources used |
More information 3
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/480333 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=f12aa076-5ed8-4481-ac9c-570563d31efc |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/2650293 |