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.