Leonard Allan Lewis
Lance Corporal, 6th Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment
- Register No.
- 742 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Lance Corporal all Lance-Corporals →
- Unit
- 6th Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment all Northamptonshire Regiment VCs →
- Date of action
- 18–21 September 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 31st January 1919 on this day → all of 1919 →
- Born
- 28th February 1895 at Brilley, Nr. Whitney-on-Wye,
- Died
- 21st September 1918 near Lampire, France
- Award
- Posthumous all posthumous VCs →
- Memorial / grave
- The Vis-en Artois Memorial, France; Whitney-onWye and Brilley, Nr.Whitney-on- Wye, Herefordshire
Digest of citation
; On 18 Seprember 1918 at Rossnoy, near Lempire, France, Lance-Corporal Lewis was in command of a section on the right of the attacking line, held up by intense machine-gun fire. He saw that two guns were enfilading the line and crawled forward alone, successfully bombed the guns and by rifle fire made the whole team surrender. On 21September he rushed his company through the enemy barrage, but was killed while getting his men under cover from heavy machine-gun fire
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
LEWIS Leonard Allan, (Reg. No. 742)
Lance Corporal 6th Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment.
London Gazetted on 31st January 1919.
Born on: 28th February 1895 at Brilley, Nr. Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire.
Died on: 21st September 1918 near Lampire, France.
Memorials at: The Vis-en Artois Memorial, France; Whitney-onWye and Brilley, Nr.Whitney-on- Wye, Herefordshire.
Citation reads; On 18 Seprember 1918 at Rossnoy, near Lempire, France, Lance-Corporal Lewis was in command of a section on the right of the attacking line, held up by intense machine-gun fire. He saw that two guns were enfilading the line and crawled forward alone, successfully bombed the guns and by rifle fire made the whole team surrender. On 21September he rushed his company through the enemy barrage, but was killed while getting his men under cover from heavy machine-gun fire.
Herefordshire.
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Alf recorded the memorial as: The Vis-en Artois Memorial, France; Whitney-onWye and Brilley, Nr.Whitney-on- Wye, Herefordshire
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