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Percy Beale Lewis, MC

Male 1886 - 1961  (75 years)


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  • Name Percy Beale Lewis 
    Suffix MC 
    Born 1886  Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 5 Apr 1891  Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age: 4y 
    Address:
    Cumberland House, Romilly Road, Canton, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wale 
    Residence 31 Mar 1901  Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age: 14y 
    Address:
    9 Glynrhondda Street, Cathays, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK 
    Military Service 12 Feb 1917 
    Royal Irish Rifles - Major 
    • 12th February 1917 Belfast Newsletter

      The Roll of Honour Captain, Percy Beale Lewis, 14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, Y.C.V.'s, who has been awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, is a son of the later Mr. John H.B. Lewis and Mrs. T. Morgan Jenkins, Eagle House, Cathays, Cardiff. Before the war he was in the service of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Limited, Belfast, holding the position of claims superintendent.

      He married, in June 1915, Miss Ethel Simpson Gunning, youngest daughter of the late Mr. S.C. Gunning, J.P., formerly a bank manager in Cookstown, and Mrs. Gunning, Cedar Grove, Cregagh, Belfast.

      Captain Lewis is an old Y.C.V. officer, an organisation which he joined from the Gloucestershire Hussars eighteen months before the outbreak of war. He was appointed transport officer of his brigade on 14th June last, and was promoted to the rank of captain during the opening of the Battle of the Somme.
    Occupation 1923 
    Insurance Agent 
    Died 13 Jun 1961  Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I55952  Lasbury Family
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2024 

    Father John Henry Beale Lewis
              b. 1856, Cowbridge, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1897, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Mary Maria Nash
              b. 25 Jun 1861, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Sep 1947, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 5 Mar 1884  Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Witness 5 Mar 1884 
    George William Allen, Richard Henry Nash & John Thomas Nash 
    Family ID F23102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife 1 Ethel Simpson Gunning
              b. 1891, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Jul 1964, Chilthorne Domer, Somerset, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 1915  Lisburn, Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lalage Dylis Lewis
              b. 6 Jul 1919, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 28 Nov 1967, Westminster, London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F23138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife 2 Mary Eveleen Louise Piers Dumas
              b. 7 Jul 1907, Clapham, Surrey, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 4 Dec 1970, Freshwater, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 1933  London, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary E. P. B. Lewis
     2. John H. P. S. B. Lewis
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F23139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1886 - Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 4y,Address:
    Cumberland House, Romilly Road, Canton, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wale - 5 Apr 1891 - Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 14y,Address:
    9 Glynrhondda Street, Cathays, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK - 31 Mar 1901 - Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1915 - Lisburn, Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1933 - London, England, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Jun 1961 - Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England, UK Link to Google Earth
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