Date de naissance: 15/07/1893

Lieu de naissance: Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, Pays de Galles, Royaume-Uni

Profession: Mécanicien dans une mine de charbon

Religion: Church of England

Pays: Pays de Galles, Royaume-Uni

Force armée: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Driver

Numéro de service: 2827

Incorporation nom de lieu: Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Pays de Galles, Royaume-Uni

Unités:  —  Royal Field Artillery, "D" Bty. 64th Bde.  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 28/10/1917

Lieu de décès: Kansas Cross, Langemark, Belgique

Cause du décès: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Âge: 24

1914-15 Star Médaille

British War Medal Médaille

Victory Medal Médaille

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/ Autre référence

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

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

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