Private 242879 Hugh Lewis
Regiment/Unit: Royal Welsh Fusiliers - 2nd Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 21615, S Lancs R.
Age at death: 22
Date of death: 22nd of April 1918
Born: Pen-y-sarn, Anglesey
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery Albert - II. K. 12.
BMD details:
Date of Birth: 1st of September 1898.
Family details:
Son of Mrs. Annie Lewis, of 11, Balmer St., Thatto Heath, St. Helens, Lancs.
Census details:
1901 - 2 years old Hugh is living at 13 Balmer Street, Thatto Heath, St Helens with parents William (32), Annie (33) and brother John (8). 1911 - Sees 12 years old schoolboy Hugh living at 11 Balmer Street, Thatto Heath, St Helens with parents William (43), Annie (43) and two siblings: John (18), Richard (4). Boarding at the address is Lily Powell (13).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=20]Remembered on St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead War Memorial[/url]
[url=lmem.php?lmem=20]Remembered on St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead War Memorial[/url]
Enlisted Prescot, Lancs. 22nd May 1915 claiming to be 19 yrs. and was 21615, 13th (Res.) & 11th South Lancs. Regt.
To France March 1916: sick from Oct 1916 onwards until returned to UK January. 1917 as under-aged. Transferred, to the 2/5th RWF March 1917. To France December 1917, posted 2nd RWF January 1918. Killed in action France & Flanders 22 April 1918, during the 38th Division's attack on Bouzincourt Ridge near Albert, Somme. Buried Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery (no personal epitaph on stone).
Served in France a total of 2 years 336 days.
[pic]imgs/sppics/H_Lewis_RWF.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Hugh Lewis at Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
