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Rfm. · 1/16 London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

Edgar Lewis

† 19/12/1915 · aged 32 · Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery (Ieper), O.11; personal inscription: THY WILL BE DONE

Personal data

NameLewis
InitialsE.G.
Christian nameEdgar
FamilySon of Richard John and Elizabeth I. Lewis, of 143, Merton Rd., Wimbledon, London.

Military data

Service number3427
RankRfm.
Regiment / Unit1/16 London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
Date of death
Age32
Cemetery / MemorialPotijze Burial Ground Cemetery (Ieper), O.11; personal inscription: THY WILL BE DONE

Other information

Information
Killed in the first phosgene attack. Had Christmas party at Talbot House the day before.
Information 2
Commemorated on memorial to employees of Wandsworth Borough Council killed in the war at the entrance to the Civic Suite, Wandsworth Town Hall, London.

Sources

Source
Louagie, J., A Touch of Paradise in Hell: index