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Possible,


Name:
Arthur Lewis
Birth Place:
Derby, Liverpool
Residence:
Edge Hill, Liverpool
Death Date:
30 Nov 1917
Death Location:
France & Flanders
Enlistment Location:
Liverpool
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Battalion:
12th Battalion
Number:
202247
Type of Casualty:
Killed in action
Theatre of War:
Western European Theatre

Possible parents, Thomas & Ellen Lewis, Clint Rd, Liverpool.

1901 RG13 P3490 F93 Page29
1911 RG14 Piece22570

Article in the Liverpool Evening Express 19/1/1919 (I'll post details later)

Evening Express 19th-Jan-1919

A CLINT ROAD SOLDIER

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, of 15, Clint Road, Liverpool, have received official news that their youngest son, Private Arthur Lewis, 12th K.L.R formerly of the Lancashire Hussars who was reported missing on 30th November 1917 must now be presumed to have been killed on that date. Prior to joining the colours he was on the office staff of Messrs. Fletcher, Burrows and Co., and was an old Clint Road scholar.

King's Liverpool Regiment
Lewis
204427
Arthur
Private
Liverpool
30th November 1917
Missing
Son of Mrs. Ellen Silcock Lewis, of 110, Alexandra Rd., Great Crosby, Liverpool.
Late 15, Clint Road, Liverpool.
2nd-Feb-1918 Liverpool Courier
Notice dates.30/11/1918-LE-19/1/1919-EE

Another good find!

D

Your newspaper researches are paying huge dividends Katie.