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31/07/2021
31/07/2021
31/07/2021 The CWGC record that Sergeant William Henry Lewis was the son of William H and Annie Lewis of Hampton Terrace, Portadown, County Armagh. He is also recorded as the husband of Minnie Lewis of Bernagh, Dungannon, County Tyrone.
31/07/2021 Sergeant William Lewis is commemorated locally on Dungannon War Memorial and on the WWI Roll of Honour in St Anne's Church Of Ireland in Dungannon
31/07/2021 William Lewis is also commemorated on Portadown War Memorial as being from Jervis Street.
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30/12/2016 Sergeant Harry Lewis, Royal Irish Fusiliers (Machine Gun Section) who was killed in action on 10th September, was the husband of Mrs Minnie Lewis, 17 Clare Terrace, Dungannon. He formerly resided in Jervis Street, Portadown.
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30/12/2016 From the Belfast Newsletter dated 22nd September 1916:
23/09/2016 Sergeant William Henry Lewis is buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longeuval.
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30/12/2015 Family: Henry Lewis, Anna Eliza Lewis, Thomas Lewis (born 14th April 1881), Mary Esabella Lewis (born 16th January 1883), William Henry Lewis (born about 1886), Hannah Jane Gibson nee Lewis (born 14th June 1888), Margaret Ann Lewis (born 14th December 1890), Alice Lewis (born 11th April 1893, died 21st June 1893), Herbert Lewis (born 5th June 1895), Maud Lewis (born 22nd May 1897).
30/12/2015 The 1911 census shows William as 24 years old and still single. He was now working as a damask weaver. He was still living with the family at Jervis Street, Portadown
30/12/2015 William Henry Lewis enlisted in Portadown. He was living in Dungannon at the time.
30/12/2015 Sergeant William Lewis was serving with the Machine Gun Section of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers when he was killed in action on 9th September 1916. He was 30 years old.
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30/12/2015 The 1901 census records 15 year old William Henry was working as a messenger. He was living with the family at Jervis Street, Portadown. His father was a railway worker.
30/12/2015 From the Tyrone Courier dated 28 September 1916:
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30/12/2015 William Lewis was the son of William Henry and Annie Elizabeth Lewis. He was born about 1886 in Portadown.
30/12/2015 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 30th September 1916: Sergeant Lewis
30/12/2015 Mrs Lewis, 17 Clare Terrace, Dungannon, has received intimation through his battalion companions that her husband, Sergeant Harry Lewis, of the Machine Gun Section, Royal Irish Fusiliers, has been killed in action. Mrs Lewis is eldest daughter of Mr Richard Courtney, cattle dealer, Dungannon, and much sympathy is expressed with her in her sad bereavement.
30/12/2015 William Lewis married Minnie Courtney on 16th March 1912 in Craigavon. Minnie Lewis was the eldest daughter of Richard Courtney, a cattle dealer from Dungannon.
30/12/2015 Mrs Lewis, 17 Clare Terrace, Dungannon, has received news that her husband, Sergeant Harry Lewis, Irish Fusiliers (machine gun section) has been killed in action.
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