Private
William Lewthwaite
Military Details
Service Number: 52915
Regiment & Unit / Ship
21st Manchester Regiment
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
21st
Service Number at Enlistment
52915
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1898
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Address
93 Duke Street , Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
93 Duke Street , Cleator Moor
Parents
Son of James Richard and Ann Lewthawaite
Siblings
Thomas
Family Connection
Son of James Richard and Ann Lewthwaite
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
24th October 1917
Age at Death
19
Circumstances of Death
Killed in action
Place of Death
Ypres
Theater of Action
Flanders
Battle
The Battle of Passchendaele
Regiment at Death
Manchester Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
21st
Rank at Death
Private
Buried or Commemorated at
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Belgium
Grave Position: Panel 120 to 124 and 162 to 162A and 163A.
Private Memorial: St Johns Church War memorial
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