Identity
Person No.
10719
Service No.
6129
Last Name
First Name
William Lewis
Initials
W L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of accidental injuries, suffered shrapnel wounds to his hand, chest and abdomen when a 20mm shell he was handling, possibly negligently, exploded. He was injured on the 15th October but died in hospital the next day
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
XXIII. H. 17.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Reconnaissance
Status
Volunteer unit (pre-1913); Active Citizen Force (Reserve) from 1913
Part of
Lineage from the Royal Durban Rangers (1854) through several volunteer mounted units, unified as Natal Mounted Rifles 1888. Reactivated for the Boer War as Natal Mounted Infantry. Transferred to the Active Citizen Force 1913; converted from cavalry to armoured reconnaissance 1934. Renamed Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles 2019.
Notes
Son of Rev. W. H. Irving, of Charnwood, Davenport Road, Durban. Born in Vryheid, Natal. A farmer by profession. On Kearsney College Roll of Honour
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