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Second Lieutenant JOHN WALTER LEWIS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

"A" Coy. 3rd Bn. attd. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. C. 22.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Rev. Walter Allen Lewis and Annie Phoebe Campbell Lewis, of Goodleigh Rectory, Barnstaple. Native of Devonport.
  • Personal Inscription A/CAPT.A.M.LEWIS DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT & 52ND SIKH REGT. AGE 24 KILLED IN MESOPOTAMIA AUG. 1919
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Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1231
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