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Gerald Lewis

In memory of:

Craftsman Gerald Lewis

July 4, 1944
Rome, Italy

Military Service


Service Number:

D/117248

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service medal and Clasp.

Additional Information


Born:

January 13, 1920
Carleton Place, Ontario

Enlistment:

March 19, 1941
Westmount, Quebec

Son of John Edwin and Jane Lewis of Carleton Place, Ontario. Brother of Robert, John Wilfred, Harold Cummings, Hilda Ethel, Ellen Jane, Majorie Isobel and Grace Gertrude.

Commemorated on Page 365 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I, B, 27.

Location:

ROME WAR CEMETERY lies alongside and within the Aurelian Wall of the ancient city of Rome. It is reached from the Piazza Venezia, the centre of Rome, by going down the Via dei Fori Imperiali, past the Coliseum, and along the Viale Aventino as far as the Porta San Paulo. Before reaching this gate and the monumental pyramid of Caius Cestius, a road should be taken to the right along the wall of the so-called Protestant Cemetery, in which are buried the poets Keats and Shelley. Across a road at the far end of that cemetery will be seen the ROME WAR CEMETERY.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Grave Marker– The grave marker of G. Lewis in the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Rome, Italy.

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