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Charles Walter Lewis

In memory of:

Private Charles Walter Lewis

November 18, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

410810

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

Division:

38th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

January 31, 1887
Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

May 31, 1915
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of James and Catherine Lewis (1939, 1940 and 1941 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother). Husband of Maud Albert Lewis of Hull, Quebec.

Brother of Private Henry Bartle Lewis, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment).

Commemorated on Page 119 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

V. D. 15.

Location:

Courcelette is a village about 8 kilometres north-east of Albert (next to the main road D929 Albert-Bapaume). The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY lies about 1.5 kilometres north-west of the village. The REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY (signposted in the centre of Courcelette) is 1.5 kilometres down a single track lane (suitable for cars).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Silver Cross Mother 1941 Catherine Lewis. Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Silver Cross Mother 1941 Catherine Lewis. Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star November 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star November 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star November 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star November 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star November 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star November 1939. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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