Hyde War Memorial Trust

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William Edmund LEWIS

Private 16756 William Edmund LEWIS
1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Killed in Action,   Friday 13th August 1915,   France,   age 39

Home address:24 Haughton Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:1876, Bedwas, Monmouthshire
Parents:Ann Lewis and John Lewis
Penylaw farm, Maesycwmmer, Bedwas, Bedwas Upper, Monmouthshire
Marital status:Married to Alice Lewis (née Wilde)
24 Haughton Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Occupation:Coal Mine Hewer
Enlisted:Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
Remembered:Auchonvillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France,
plot II, row M, grave 6.
Link to Hyde:Lived in Hyde

In the 1921 Cenotaph Unveiling Booklet his name is given as William Edmond Lewis.