Private Walter Albert Lewin, 202874

  • Batt - 1/4
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth - 23/2/1897
  • Died - 21/04/1917
  • Age - 20

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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 Walter and Alice Lewin. He was a groom, and enlisted in the Leicestershire Yeomanry, being transferred to the Leicestershire Regiment before embarking for France on the 21st December 1916. He was killed during a short and intense bombardment. The War Diary for today records. C Coy attacked enemy trench COOPER with two -?- numbers 9 and 12 commanded by 2nd Lts H. J. A. Parkinson and E C. -?-. Objective gained -?- -?-. Two enemy prisoners taken of 93rd REGT. Trench now N.1.d to N.7.b on edge of CITE ST LAURENT. 2nd Lt A. W. LESLIE (D Coy) killed whilst carrying -?- ammunition to the line.

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
  • Burial Place - I D 14, Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery Extension
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Burial Commemoration - Mazingarbe Com. Cem. Ext., France
  • Born - Oakham, Rutland
  • Enlisted - March 1916 In Oakham, Rutland
  • Place of Residence - 30 Northgate Street, Oakham, Rutland, England
  • Memorial - ALL SAINT'S CHYRD. MEM., OAKHAM, RUTLAND

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