The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private D E Lewis

Private David Edward LEWIS, G/4673, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 6th May 1915.

Born Chilham, Kent, son of Harry & Esther E Lewis.

7th November 1908, Crayford, Kent, David Edward Lewis, age 24, bachelor, labourer, Brickfield Cottages, Saw Mills, Crayford, father Harry Lewis, labourer, married Alice Longhurst, age 20, spinster, 4 Stoneham Cottages, Saw Mills, Crayford, father Edward Longhurst, labourer.

Children - David Edward William Lewis, born 12th February/July 1909, Crayford, Kent; Sidney/Sydney Charles Lewis, born 7th January 1911, Crayford, Kent; Henry Robert Lewis, born 27th January 1913, Crayford; George Arthur Lewis, born 16th June 1915, born Crayford, Kent.

1911 Census - Brickfield Cottages, Iron Mill Lane, Crayford, Kent - David Lewis, head, age 26, married, waggoner on farm, worker, born Chilham, Kent; Alice Lewis, wife, age 22, married 2 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Erith, Kent; David Lewis, son, age 2, born Crayford, Kent; Sidney Lewis, son, age under 3 months, born Crayford, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 30 years & 4 months, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 138lbs. Resided 4 Brickfield Cottages, Crayford, Kent / 20 Gordon Road, Dartford, Kent. Formerly farm labourer.

Home 28th November 1914 to 21st April 1915; BEF 22nd April 1915 to 6th May 1915.

28th November 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

22nd November 1915, pension of 22/6 a week awarded to widow and four children.

1921 March, Dartford Registration District, Alice Lewis married James Butler.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Belgium.

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