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.