Basic Details
Surname
Everitt
Forenames
Lewis Bernard
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Louis Bernard
Served or died
Died
Service number
97958
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 144 Wellington Street. It wrongly states that he died on 24/10/1914.

(CWGC records that Private Louis Bernard Everitt, regimental number G/97958, died aged 25 on 23/10/1918 while serving in the 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment, and is commemorated on Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France. They record him as the husband of Ethel May Everitt of 130 St John Street. Peterborough. On the 1911 census he had been living at 68 Mayor's Walk in Peterborough with his parents, Thomas and Mary Jane Everitt. His Army service file records him as Louis Bernard Everitt, husband of Ethel May nee Rose, and that his son Louis was born on 13/1/1919 in Peterborough. The file records that he was released from his post as a Constable in the Metropolitan Police for Army service on 16/5/1918, was attested on 9/6/1918, embarked on 8/10/1918 and was killed in action on 23/10/1918. Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as Louis Bernard Everitt, and that he died 23/10/1918 having enlisted at Streatham).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Middlesex
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
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 on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1914
Month of death
October
Day of death
24
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 24 October 1914 [sic]"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
144, WELLINGTON STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial