Leicestershire War Memorials

Lance Corporal James Henry Lewin, 59994

Batt - 8
Unit - Machine Gun Corps
Section -

Date of Birth - 1879
Died - 31/05/1918
Age -

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of John, a Framework Knitter and his wife Ann Lewin. James was baptised on the 3rd September 1881 at Barrow upon Soar, Leics. James was the first volunteer to enlist on the 29th September 1914 and was the last man to lose his life from Barrow upon Soar.

Leicestershire Project Findings

Conflict - World War I
Burial Place - B 13, Sissonne British Cemetery

Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore

Unit - Machine Gun Corps
Former Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
Burial Commemoration - Sissonne British Cem., France
Born - Seagrave, Leicestershire
Enlisted - 22/09/1914 In Mountsorrel, Leicestershire
Place of Residence - Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, England
Memorial - HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, BARROW UPON SOAR, LEICS
Memorial - BARROW UPON SOAR MEM., LEICS

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