Sapper 6649 Algernon Claude Lewis

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 1st Field Coy. West Lancs - Div.
Theatre of War: Home (see note)

Age at death: 19
Date of death: 26th of August 1916 (Saturday)
Born: Lichfield, Staffs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: St Helens Cemetery - Sec 06 / Grave 324 CE

BMD details:
Buried 30/08/1916

Family details:
Son of Frederick Lewis, of 144, Duke St., St. Helens. Algernon C is working at Pilkington Bros and residing at 9 Boundary Road at enlistment.

Census details:
1901 - 3 years old Algernon C is living at Gaice(?) Lane, Lichfield with parents Frederick (30) and Sarah Edith (29). Sarah' sister Mary Louisa Hydson (19) is staying at the address. 1911 - Sees 14 years old schoolboy Algernon C, father Frederick (40) and brother Sidney (10) boarding at 39 Chorley Street, St Helens with Samuel Fairhurst (29), his wife Mary Fairhurst (29) and their two children: Irene Fairhurst (7), Samuel Fairhurst (4).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=12]Remembered On the Ormskirk Street Memorial, St Helens.[/url] Died at Bangor Military Hospital.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Lewis_AC_6649.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/6649LewisAC.jpg[/pic] [caption]The headstone of Sapper Algernon Claude Lewis at St Helens Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]