Date of birth: 15/07/1893

Place of birth: Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Profession: Colliery Engineer

Religion: Church of England

Country: Wales, United Kingdom

Force: British Expeditionary Force

Rank: Driver

Service number: 2827

Enlistment place: Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Units:  —  Royal Field Artillery, "D" Bty. 64th Bde.  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 28/10/1917

Place of death: Kansas Cross, Langemark, Belgium

Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Age: 24

1914-15 Star Medal

British War Medal Medal

Victory Medal Medal

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.

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Further reference

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/137016/lewis,-david-william/ Sources used

The Long, Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Sources used

War Diary 64th Bde. Royal Field Artillery https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Further reference