Arthur Glynne Lewis

Edited by : JessicaBirchall Cymru dros Heddwch/Wales for Peace 13/04/2017

Date of Birth: 1879

Date of Death: 10/7/1917

Gender: Male

Where buried: Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery

  • Date of birth - 1879

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  • Date Enlisted - N/A

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    Age - N/A

    As - Unknown

  • Battles

  • Date of the battle - 28/7/1914

    Where? - First World War

  • Ranks

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    Rank - As Lieutenant

    Service - Indian Army

    As - Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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    Rank - As Lieutenant

    Service - Indian Army

    As - 13th Duke of Connaughts Own Lancers (Watsons Horse)

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  • Date of Death - 10/7/1917

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Family


  • Father - Sir Henry Lewis
  • Mother - Lady Lewis


School(s) attended


  • Friars School
  • Bala Grammar School


Address


  • Pendyffryn, Upper Bangor


Religion


  • Methodism


Additional Information


Arthur Glynne Lewis was the oldest son of Sir Henry and Lady Lewis. His father, Sir Henry Lewis was a prominent Calvinistic Methodist in North Wales and played a significant role in securing the site in Bangor for the University College of North Wales. Before the First World War, Lewis fought in the Philippines War and the Boer War and when the war began he joined the Seinde horse regiment and travelled to India in 1914. During the war, Lewis served in India, France and Iraq as a Lieutenant with the Indian Army Reserve of Officers and the 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse). However, in May 1917 Lewis was wounded and eventually died in July 1917, before being buried in Baghdad.


Occupation prior to the war


  • Trained at HMS Conway on Merseyside.
  • Master in Merchant service.