Life story: Curwen Margam Lewis | Lives of the First World War

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1871

sibling Edith Source:8509456 1871

1878

birth Maesteg, Glamorgan United Kingdom Source:8509445 July 1878

1882

sibling Katie Source:8509456 1882

1891

location Broadway, Roath, Cardiff United Kingdom parents address Source:8509456 1891

1897

service British Army Grenadier Guards Source:8509445 27th April 1897 - 4th June 1901

1897

employment Draper United Kingdom Source:8509445 1897

1901

employment Constable South African Constabulary South Africa Source:8509445 4th June 1901 - 1909

1914

service South African Services Sergeant 4924 3rd South African Infantry 3rd Regt Source:9167581 August 1914

1915

theatres Egypt :4 Source:8509445 December 1915 - February 1916

1916

theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:8509445 April 1916

1916

dates Age 37 Source:8509456 16th July 1916

theatres South West Africa :5b Source:8509435

location The Louvre Porthcawl Glamorgan Wales United Kingdom parents address Source:8509456

1916

death Killed in Action Delville Wood, Somme France Source:8509435 Source:8509445 Source:9167581 16th July 1916

burial Thiepval Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France Pier and Face 4 C Source:8509435

Details

Names

Type	Name
First Names	Curwen Margam
Initials	CM
Last Name	Lewis
Source	8509434

Locations

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
Broadway, Roath, Cardiff	United Kingdom	parents address	known 1891
The Louvre Porthcawl Glamorgan Wales	United Kingdom	parents address

Military Service

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank	Source
British Army		Grenadier Guards
South African Services	4924	3rd South African Infantry	3rd Regt	Sergeant

Family

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Elizabeth	mother
Thomas Lewis	father

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Edith	sister	1871
Katie	sister	1882

Media

Thiepval Memorial

Memorial to the Missing at the Somme, France

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Letter home

Clipping from Porthcawl News

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Botha's Tribute

Clipping from Porthcawl News

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Short Service paper

Attestation of Curwen Margam Lewis in to the Grenadier Guards

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Lewis Family grave

Grave B10 /71 at Newton Nottage, St John the Baptist Churchyard, Newton Porthcawl, Bridgend CB, Wales.

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Description of Curwen Lewis on Enlistment

Rear of Short Service Paper

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Military History Sheet

Service records

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Statment of Services

Statment of Services In the Grenadier Guards

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Clive18814
South African Expeditionary Force

Details of Service

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Clive18814
Inscription

Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 4 C

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Clive18814
Porthcawl War Memorial

Names on the Porthcawl War Memorial.

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Porthcawl War Memorial

The War memorial at All Saints Church Porthcawl

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Parish of Newton Nottage War Memorial

Curwen's name is on the brass plate

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SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIAL, DELVILLE WOOD.

Dedicated to those that made the ultimate sacrifice that have no known grave.

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SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIAL, DELVILLE WOOD.

Dedicated to those that made the ultimate sacrifice that have no known grave.

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Delville Wood.

This is the only tree that was left standing from the Battle of Delville Wood.

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Delville Wood.

Remains of a trench in Delville Wood.

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Delville Wood.

Campbell Street Marker Post.

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Delville Wood.

Buchanan Street/Rotten Row Marker Post.

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The Battle of the Somme.

Memorial Wreath.

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Sergeant Curwen Margam Lewis.

LEST WE FORGET.

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Delville Wood Oberlisk.

The inscription reads: Here in a shallow trench stood the battle headquarters of the South African Infantry during the fighting in Delville Wood. Paths and trenches to the rear lead to the west and south west of the wood.

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Delville Wood.

Delville Wood Map.

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Delville Wood.

National Roll of Officers.

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Delville Wood.

The defence of Delville Wood by the South Africans.

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Delville Wood.

Captured Germans look on as the RAMC carry a wounded soldier to a dressing station, taken near Bernafay Wood.

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Nancy The Mascot.

'Nancy' the 4th Regiment mascot, the springbok 'Nancy' was presented to the Regiment in August 1915 by Mr D M'Laren Kennedy of Driefontein, Orange Free State. She accompanied the 4th to Egypt, and thence to France, where she was with the Brigade in all its battles. She was wounded in 1917. She died in Hermeton, in Belgium, on the 28th of November 1918.

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Delville Wood.

The remains of Delville Wood after the battle had moved on. It is still possible to see the remains of roots and undergrowth which made digging trenches and shelters very difficult.

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Communities

Porthcawl Museum

Porthcawl Museum

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Thiepval Memorial

Thiepval Memorial

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The Somme

The Somme

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The Battle of the Somme

The Battle of the Somme

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Thiepval and South African Memorial and Cemetries, and The Battle for Longueval and Deville Wood.

Thiepval and South African Memorial and Cemetries, and The Battle for Longueval and Deville Wood.

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In remembrance of those identified with South African Service and named on the Thiepval Memorial

In remembrance of those identified with South African Service and named on the Thiepval Memorial

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South Africans at Delville Wood, Somme, July 1916

South Africans at Delville Wood, Somme, July 1916

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South African Roll of Honour

South African Roll of Honour

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Evidence

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Official Records

Title	Connected by	More information
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription	Selena49658
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Selena49658
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Selena49658
South Africa Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Transcription	Guy74824

External Evidence

Reference	Connected by	More information
Porthcawl Museum	Selena49658
South African War Graves Project	Clive18814

Multimedia

Title	Connected by	More information
Thiepval Memorial	Selena49658
Letter home	Selena49658
Botha's Tribute	Selena49658
Short Service paper	Clive18814
Lewis Family grave	Clive18814
Description of Curwen Lewis on Enlistment	Clive18814
Military History Sheet	Clive18814
Statment of Services	Clive18814
South African Expeditionary Force	Clive18814
Inscription	Clive18814
Porthcawl War Memorial	Clive18814
Porthcawl War Memorial	Clive18814
Parish of Newton Nottage War Memorial	Clive18814
SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIAL, DELVILLE WOOD.	Desmond1478
SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIAL, DELVILLE WOOD.	Desmond1478
Delville Wood.	Desmond1478
Delville Wood.	Desmond1478
Delville Wood.	Desmond1478
Delville Wood.	Desmond1478
The Battle of the Somme.	Desmond1478
Sergeant Curwen Margam Lewis.	Desmond1478
Delville Wood Oberlisk.	Desmond1478
Delville Wood.	Desmond1478
Delville Wood.	Desmond1478
Delville Wood.	Desmond1478
Delville Wood.	Desmond1478
Nancy The Mascot.	Desmond1478
Delville Wood.	Desmond1478

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