The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E G Lewis

Photograph by "International Wargraves Photography Project"

Private Edward Golly LEWIS, G/15012, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, No.26 General Hospital, France, 21st October 1916, age 33.

29th June 1882, born Bramford, Suffolk, son of George & Celia/Ceicelia Lewis, of Rose Cottage, Bullen Lane, Bramford, Suffolk.

1911 Census - Bullen Lane, Bramford, Suffolk - George Lewis, head, age 70, married, Estate Labourer, worker, born Bramford, Suffolk; Celia Lewis, wife, age 60, married 40 years, 10 children, 8 still alive, born Bramford, Suffolk; George Lewis, son, age 31, single, labourer Chemical Works, worker, born Bramford, Suffolk; Edward Lewis, son, age 27, single, labourer Chemical Works, worker, born Bramford, Suffolk; Stanley Lewis, son, age 15, single, farm labourer, worker, born Bramford, Suffolk; Dorothy Lewis, grand-daughter, age 2, born Bramford, Suffolk.

Enlisted 3rd May 1916, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, age 33, height 5ft 6¾ inches, weight 120lbs. Resided Rose Cottages, Bullen Lane, Bramford, Suffolk. Formerly labourer.

Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, XII. B. 17., France. Bramford World War One Project Gravestone Photographic Resource

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