LEWIS Walter Henry

  • First Name(s):
    Walter 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    LEWIS
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Field Artillery
  • Brigade:
    107th Brigade
  • Unit:
    D Battery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    4th August 1917
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Etaples Military Cemetery, France, Grave XVII. C. 25.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of J. Dyer Lewis and Harriet Louisa Lewis, 21 Stanwell Rd., Penarth, near Cardiff. Late of Swansea.

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

LEWIS Walter Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: Lieut.

Further Information About LEWIS Walter Henry

Mentioned in Despatches.

Walter Lewis was born 1894. He attended Bromsgrove School from 1909 to 1913 in School House. He played in the XV team and was a Corporal in the OTC. He was also a fine gymnast. On the night of 30th-31st July 1917 while giving orders to his battery previous to an attack, Lewis was caught by a wave of German gas; he was taken to hospital but died four days later. He had adopted the army as a profession and his service in France had received very high praise. He was recommended for a Military Cross for his work on the Somme and again in connection with the attack in which he met his death. On various occasions he showed marked courage, maintaining the record of efficiency and vigour which he established at School.

Source: Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by Philip Bowen and Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by David Cross.

Mentioned in Despatches: London Gazette 4th January 1917, page 208.

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