WORKING NOTES

Born 11/7/1889, Tregaron. Parents - Daniel & Sarah

1891 - Mill St, Tregaron. 1yo. W mother (Wife of Dl Lewis)

1901 - 2 Mill Court, Tregaron. 11yo. W mother & 3 younger sibs

1911 -

1921 - Mill Court, Pentre, Tregaron. 31y11m. Occ-Student. W widowed father and sis

1931 - Married Hannah Matilda Jones, 22 Apr 1931, Parish Church Tregaron. Occ-Civil Servant. Add Tregaron.

1939 - 48 Moorside Rd, Swansea. DOB 11/7/1889. Occ-Civil Servant (Minstry of Agg & Fish). W Hannah M

1966 - Died aged 77, 4 Nov 1966. Add-Monarch Hse, Tregaron.

No SR or Bde Service No

Enlisted 6/3/1915, Swansea. Likely Serv No 1230-1236 (mates with BI Evans #1242)

Jack Lewis enlisted in early 1915, this was reported in the local newspaper; Two others who have recently joined the colours and were home over Easter were Driver Jack Lewis and Driver Idris Evans of the 1st Welsh Howitzers Brigade, R.F.A., stationed at Swansea. They were in the same school, went to London to the same shop, left for Swansea together, and enlisted in the same regiment at the same time.

Oct 15: Driver Idris Evans, and Driver Jack Lewis, both of the R.F.A., Welsh Howitzer Brigade, are at home on a short furlough. Both look pictures of health, though Evans has lately been in hospital through an accident to his knee.

Apr 16, St Neots, therefore 2nd Line

Transferred to Regulars - Sept 1916 - 168253

Appears that he was planned to go to Salonika, but transferred to 36th (Ulster) Divisional Artillery

31st Amb Train 21/22 Jul 1917. RFA, B/153, 168253, Lewis J, GSW Back

- 153 Bde was part of 36th Ulster Division, Somme, Passchendaele (poss wounded in the prep bombardment?)

3 August 1917: Mr and Mrs Daniel Lewis, Mill Court, have been informed that their elder son (Pte Jack Lewis, RFA) has been wounded in France. The news was conveyed by letter from Lieut. Ellis RFA, in which he adds "I feel sure you have no cause to worry. A small piece of shrapnel hit him near his right shoulder blade. After putting on a field dressing we were able to get him away to the doctor immediately where he would get every possible attention. He was quite calm and collected and i am sure he is not in any danger. We were all very sorry to lose him and on behalf of myself and the other officers I should like to tell you how highly we thought of him. Always cheerful and one of the hardest workers in the battery. We will miss him very much and I trust he will very soon make a complete recovery and be himself again.

WO Daily List 5346, 24 Aug 1917, Dvr, Wounded, Enlisted in Swansea

29 October 1917: He enlisted early, joining the RFA, and proceeded to France with an Ulster regiment. After months of hard fighting he was severely wounded in the left shoulder by shrapnel. He was brought to an English hospital where he was skillfully treated and the shrapnel pieces extracted. He was subsequently removed to Eastbourne Hospital where he made a rapid progress and was discharged on Friday.

Disch 29 Jan 1919, SWB