Thomas John Henry Mewis

1897 - 1916  (19 years)

• Name	Thomas John Henry Mewis
  Birth	1897	Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England   [1]
  Christening	27 Jun 1897	Stretton with Claymills, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  	Name: Thomas John Henry Mewis Baptism date: 27 Jun 1897 Baptism place: Stretton with Claymills, St Mary County: Staffordshire Denomination: Anglican Father's name: Thomas Mother's name: Eliza Abode: Stretton Quality, Trade, or Profession: Gas stoker Archive reference: D5237/1/2 Page: 32
  Gender	Male
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England   [3]
  	Address: 54 Beech Lane
  Death	1 Jul 1916	France and Flanders   [4, 5]
  	Name: Thomas John Henry Mewis Service number: 2834 Rank: Private Regiment: Prince Of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) Battalion: 1/6th Battalion. Residence: Stretton, Staffs Birth place: Stretton, Staffs Enlistment place: Burton-On-Trent Death date : 1 Jul 1916 Cause of death: Killed in action Death place: France and Flanders Theatre of war: Western European Theatre
  Commemorated	1 Aug 1932	Thiepval, Somme, France   [5, 6]
  	Name and Rank: THOMAS JOHN HENRY MEWIS, PRIVATE Service Number: 2834 Regiment and Unit/Ship: North Staffordshire Regiment, 1st/6th Bn. Date of Death: Died 01 July 1916 Buried or commemorated at: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, France, Pier and Face 14 B and 14 C. Country of Service: United Kingdom (Memorial Inaugurated 1 Aug 1932)
  Person ID	I13315	Gilbert
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Mewis,   b. 22 Oct 1874, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England d. 1969, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Eliza Plummer,   b. 28 Feb 1876, Winshill, Derbyshire, England d. 1965, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1897	Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England
  Family ID	F9199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1897 - Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England Christening - 27 Jun 1897 - Stretton with Claymills, Staffordshire, England Residence - Address: 54 Beech Lane - 31 Mar 1901 - Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England Death - 1 Jul 1916 - France and Flanders Commemorated - 1 Aug 1932 - Thiepval, Somme, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  MEWIS, Thomas J H: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for Thomas J H MEWIS. He was a Private in the North Staffordshire Regiment. He entered the theatre of war in France on 26 Jun 1915. 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, Thomas John Henry; Mother's Maiden Surname: Plummer; GRO Reference: 1897 S Quarter in BURTON UPON TRENT Volume 06B Page 423 (accessed 7 Sep 2020). [S193] Staffordshire Baptisms (FindMyPast), Mewis, Thomas John Henry; Baptism year: 1897; Father's name: Thomas; Mother's name: Eliza; Baptism place: Stretton with Claymills, St Mary (accessed 10 Nov 2020). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Mewis, Thomas J H; Birth year: 1898; Birth town: Stretton; Birth county: Staffordshire; Reg dist: Burton upon Trent; Parish: Stretton; County: Staffordshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2641; Folio: 91; Page: 5 (accessed 7 Sep 2020). [S85] Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 (FindMyPast), Mewis, Thomas John Henry; 1916; Service number: 2834; Rank: Private; Regiment: Prince Of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) (accessed 7 Sep 2020). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Mewis, Thomas John Henry; Service number: 2834; Regiment: North Staffordshire Regiment; Served with: United Kingdom; First World War (accessed 6 Sep 2020). [S163] Wikipedia, Wikipedia contributors, "Thiepval Memorial" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiepval_Memorial) (accessed 16 Dec 2020).