Walter Alfred Mewis

1894 - 1916  (22 years)

• Name	Walter Alfred Mewis
  Birth	1894	Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Branston, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  	Address: Village Street
  Death	16 Jan 1916	France and Flanders   [3, 4]
  	Name: Walter Alfred Mewis Birth date: 12 Sep 1894 Service number: 21241 Rank: Private Year: 1914-18 Death date: 16 Jan 1916 Corps: Sherwood Foresters (Notts And Derby Regiment) Service: British Army Stories: Walter Alfred Mewis: Not a lot is known about Walters service other than that it was reported by his Captain he was hit by a shell and died instantly. He was the youngest of four brothers, all who served. Edwin was an MP. William was wounded early on, but re-enlisted in the Labour Corps, only to be again discharged due to ill health. Arthur was also wounded in early 1916 and took no further part in the war. Place of Death: France and Flanders Place of Birth: Branston, Staffordshire Father: John Mewis Mother: Fanny Mewis Nature of Death: Killed in Action
  Burial	Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium   [4]
  	Name: Mewis, WA Date of death: 16 Jan 1916 Rank: Private Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Unit: 12th Bn. Country of Service: United Kingdom Service Number: 21241 Burial: Belgium Cemetery: MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY Grave Ref: 1. C. 5
  Person ID	I13222	Gilbert
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	John Mewis,   b. 1850, Branston, Staffordshire, England d. 1923, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Fanny Sutton,   b. 1849, Tatenhill, Staffordshire, England d. 1919, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1876	Branston, Staffordshire, England
  Family ID	F9115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1894 - Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: Village Street - 31 Mar 1901 - Branston, Staffordshire, England Death - 16 Jan 1916 - France and Flanders Burial - - Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  MEWIS, Walter A: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for Walter A MEWIS. He was a Private in the Notts and Derby Regiment. He entered the theatre of war in France on 29 Aug 1915 and was killed in action on 16 Jan 1916. He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the 1914-15 Star. UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (ancestry.co.uk)

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Mewis, Walter Alfred; Mother's Maiden Surname: Sutton; GRO Reference: 1894 D Quarter in BURTON UPON TRENT Volume 06B Page 416 (accessed 2 Sep 2020). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Mewis, Walter; Birth year: 1895; Birth town: Branstone; Birth county: Staffordshire; Reg dist: Burton upon Trent; Parish: Branstone; Town: Branstone; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2641; Folio: 50; Page: 17 (accessed 3 Sep 2020). [S93] Lives of the First World War (LivesoftheFirstWorldWar), Mewis, Walter Alfred; Service number: 21241; Rank: Private; Corps: Sherwood Foresters (Notts And Derby Regiment) (accessed 23 Sep 2020). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Mewis, WA; Service number: 21241; Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment); Served with: United Kingdom; First World War (accessed 23 Sep 2020).