Personal Profile

1000. Dvr/Cpt. Lewis, Harold John Kingsley

Driver/Captain

Date of Birth: 26/9/1892, Roath, Cardiff (SR-NA)
Occupation: Clerk (SR-NA)
Enlisted - Date: 14/9/1914
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 1000
Commission: 10th Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Demobilised: 6/4/1919
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 26/12/1892, Cardiff. Parents - Edward James (Coal Exporter) & Rachel Grace

1901 - 66 Colum Rd, cardiff. 8yo. W parents & 2 sibs

1914 - He was a prefect & also Captain of the school during the whole of his last year - Acting Headmaster, Cardiff High School

1911 - 64 Ninian Road, Cardiff. !8yo. School. W parents & 4 sibs

1917 - Married Ada May Bowden. 25 Sep 1917. Occ-Captain RWF attached 221 Infantry Batt. Add-64 Ninian Rd.

1921 - 82 Colum Rd, Cardiff. 28y9m. Occ-Clerk in Coal Deportment & Coal Market Representative. Messrs Wm Cory & Sons Shipowners & Coal Factors. W wife, Ada Mary, Keith (1919)

1939 - 12 Tenterden Drive, Hendon. DOB 26/12/1892. Departmental Manager ??. W Ada Keith (1919), 2x redacted & David H (1924)

1969 - Died aged 74, Q3, Brighton

Personal Info: Father - Edward James Lewis, 64 NInian Rd, Roath Park, Cardiff
Address:
64 Ninian Rd Roath Park
Cardiff (SR-NA)

Military Service

SR-NA

Enl 1st Welsh RFA 14 Sep 1914, Swansea, Dvr #1000

In 1914 pic of recruits

4/12/1914 - Discharged from Brigade as free for the purpose of being appointed to a commission

2/12/1914 - Commissioned Temp 2nd Lieut (LG)

25/9/1915 - Promoted Temp Lt (NEWS)

27/9/1915 - France as Lt, 10th RWF attd Chd? Field Coy (REIF?)

5/3/1917, left unit in France. 7/4/1916 returned home Boulogne-Folkestone. Nervous Debility. Lt

6/5/1916 - Neurasthemia

5/6/1916 - Letter - Harold Lewis 10th RW Fusiliers and am of opinion that he is suffering from the effects of nervous shock

Sept 1916 - Promoted Captain (NEWS)

10/4/17 - Curagh Meb Bd. - Laryngitis & Debility

14/9/17 - Curagh Meb Bd. - Laryngitis

18/10/17 - Curagh Meb Bd. - he has now recovered. Corps 10 RWF attach 221 Inf Batt

6/4/1919 - Released from mil duty. Final unit 3rd RWF

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 27/9/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Discharged - Reason: Released from actual military duty
Final Unit: 3rd Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(PENS)(SR-NA)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
Back to Nom Roll