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Personal data

• Name MEWIS
• Initials WA
• First name WILLIAM ALBERT
• Place of birth Stapeham
• Country Bedfordshire, England
• Last residence Belper, Derbyshire
• Family Son of Arthur and Clara Jane Mewis
• Extra info Husband of E. A. West, of 7, South View, Trimdon Grange, Co. Durham.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Belper, Derbyshire
• Service number 1109
• Rank Lance Corporal
• Regiment and unit 1st/5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
• Division - Brigade 139th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 46th Division
• National force B.E.F.

Death

• Wounded Sanctuary Wood
• Type of wounds Died of bullet wounds in the abdomen, at n°10 CCS at 4.30 am
• Date of death 3 August 1915
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery I - D - 4

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