Basic Details
Surname
Lewis
Forenames
W S
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
William Shelston
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Orchard Street. [It records him as dying in Cambs Regiment, but William Shelston Lewis actually died on 25/12/1916 as Private 4045 in the 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment; on his Army records, his second forename was correctly spelt 'Shelston', but CWGC have it misspelt as 'Shilston'].

(N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Cambs
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not stated
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not stated
Town of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated
Year of death
1916
Month of death
December
Day of death
25
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 25th December 1916"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action