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The date on the memorial is incorrect.
LEWIS, A E Second Lieutenant 28/09/1917 King's Shropshire Light Infantry, United Kingdom Grave Ref XX. F. 8. - LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY
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mmm too small - this is the page:
Last edited by Katarzyna; 21-09-14, 16:56.Kat
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Originally posted by LeicestershireLass View Postthanks once again Katarzyna ... I was going to email Dolgellau about the date error but their email address is out of date!
I cannot find any service records for him :(
Perhaps someone else will have better luck.Kat
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I also haven't been able to find him on any census after 1881 when he was 9.
I thought this might be him in Corris, Dolgelly but he's a quarryman which didn't sit right with his father's profession and that of his brothers.
Edward Lewis 29 b 1872 Corris, Dolgelly Merionethshire, Wales quarryman
Elizabeth Lewis 31
Owen Edward Lewis 3Kat
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just found him on 1891 census for Shuttington, Warwicks as Agricultural student
Name: Arthur Lewis
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Dolgelley, Merionethshire, Wales
Civil Parish: Shuttington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Matthew
Town: Shuttington
County/Island: Warwickshire
Registration district: Tamworth
Sub-registration district: Tamworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Piece: 2209
Folio: 76
Page Number: 13Kat
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You will only find his service record at the NA as he was an Officer - I'll have a look to see if I can find a reference later - but in the meantime the War Diary for the 1st Bn KSLI for 28th September 1917 confirms they were in the trenches north of Lens - "A Company relieve D Company in the front line - 2 Lt A E Lewis killed in action about 11pm"
He was originally buried in the Corkscrew Cemetery Loos-en-Cohelle and re-interred in his current resting place in July 1920Last edited by SueNSW; 22-09-14, 03:28.
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Hhhmmm - could be a case of mistaken identity by the memorial researchers here - it looks as though the 2nd Lt A E Lewis who was KIA on 28/9/1917 was ARCHIBALD ERNEST - his service record is here - http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...ils/r/C1135393 - and his medal index card that confirms the first names and KIA date shows his medals were sent to his father A Lewis Esq, 28 Waterloo Street, Hove, Sussex
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No apparent connection with Wales for Archibald Ernest - birth registered in Eastbourne - 4/4 1896 - and living their with parents/family in 1901 and 1911 - might have to be back to the drawing board for the researchers of the memorial
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No time to look any further but there was an Arthur Edward Lewis - commemorated on the Loos Memorial recorded as killed 27 September 1915 - http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/ca...RTHUR%20EDWARD - but can't find a Welsh connection - seems very much a Londoner
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Originally posted by LeicestershireLass View PostAccording to Dolgellau War Memorial Arthur was killed in action on 28th September 1915 near Loos ...
This site is dedicated to those men and women who fell fighting for their country. Recorded here are various war memorials within a variety of counties including main sections for Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Norfolk. There are also other counties such as Hertfordshire, Essex, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Yorkshire and even the Channel Islands (although provied with individual links they appear under the banner 'Other Counties'). Where possible photographs have been taken of the memorials, details of the men included and their photographs as far as possible. The war memorials and rolls of honour cover a variety of regiments, airfields and air bases as well as the memorials and cemeteries in the countries overseas where the men fell.
Can anyone please find his military record etc?Originally posted by KatarzynaNo time to look any further but there was an Arthur Edward Lewis - commemorated on the Loos Memorial recorded as killed 27 September 1915 - http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/ca...RTHUR%20EDWARD - but can't find a Welsh connection - seems very much a Londoner
MargaretLast edited by margaretmarch; 22-09-14, 06:26.
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Thanks very much everyone for trying to solve this one ... on the positive side;
- Arthur found in 1891
- looks like Arthur may not have been a casualty of WW1
I'd would appreciate help to find him in 1901 and 1911 ... wondering if he, like his brothers, left UK to leave elsewhere.
One went to S.Africa and the other to Canada/America.Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today ~ follow your dream!
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I suspect that must be true Margaret. I cannot find him on 1901 and 1911 censuses or find a marriage so it's possible he died pre 1901.
Have yet to find emigration records - will look again later.
there is this one but he is a clerk.
Name: Arthur Lewis
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1872
Departure Date: 14 Jun 1895
Port of Departure: London, England
Destination Port: Melbourne, Australia
Ship Name: Orizaba
Master: A W ClarkeLast edited by Katarzyna; 22-09-14, 08:46.Kat
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Have looked in Trove but can only find the departure of Orizaba back to London in August 1895 not it's arrival with passengers. Perhaps someone else can look - I have great difficulty searching this site!Kat
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Thanks for your continued support
it's possible he died pre 1901.
The Australian clerk is a possibility ... wonder why the Lewis boys didn't want to stay in the UK?Last edited by LeicestershireLass; 22-09-14, 10:11.Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today ~ follow your dream!
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