William Albert Mewis

1892 - 1915  (23 years)

• Name	William Albert Mewis
  Birth	1892	Clapham, Bedfordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Belper, Derbyshire, England   [2]
  	Address: Queen Street
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Belper, Derbyshire, England   [3]
  	Address: Queen Street
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [3]
  	Plate layer, Mid Railway
  Death	3 Aug 1915	Belgium   [4]
  Burial	Poperinge, West Flanders, Belgium   [5]
  	Name: Mewis, W A Age at death: 23 Date of death: 3 Aug 1915 Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Unit: 1st/5th Bn. Country of service: United Kingdom Service number: 1109 Burial: Belgium Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Grave ref: 1. D. 4 Additional Info: Son of Arthur and Clara Jane Mewis, of Queen St., Belper, Derby.
  Person ID	I13599	Gilbert
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	Arthur Mewis,   b. 1863, Branston, Staffordshire, England d. 1917, Belper, Derbyshire, England (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Clara Jane Jeffries,   b. 5 Jul 1868, Clapham, Bedfordshire, England d. 1944, Belper, Derbyshire, England (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1890	Clapham, Bedfordshire, England
  Family ID	F9119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1892 - Clapham, Bedfordshire, England Residence - Address: Queen Street - 31 Mar 1901 - Belper, Derbyshire, England Residence - Address: Queen Street - 2 Apr 1911 - Belper, Derbyshire, England Death - 3 Aug 1915 - Belgium Burial - - Poperinge, West Flanders, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  MEWIS, William A: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for William A MEWIS. He was a Private in the Notts and Derby Regiment. He entered the theatre of war in France on 1 Mar 1915 and killed in action on 3 Aug 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, William Albert; Mother's Maiden Surname: Jeffries; GRO Reference: 1892 M Quarter in BEDFORD Volume 03B Page 326 (accessed 25 Sep 2020). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Mewis, Albert W; Birth year: 1892; Birth town: Clapham; Birth county: Bedfordshire; Reg dist: Belper; Parish: Belper; Town: Belper; County: Derbyshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 3228; Folio: 68; Page: 17 (accessed 25 Sep 2020). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Mewis, Albert; Birth year: 1892; Birth place: Bedford Clapon; Reg dist: Belper; Parish: Belper; County: Derbyshire; Ref: RG14PN20969 RG78PN1250 RD436 SD3 ED7 SN224 (accessed 25 Sep 2020). [S85] Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 (FindMyPast), Mewis, William Albert; 1915; Service number: 1109; Rank: L/Cpl; Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire And Derbyshire Regiment) (accessed 25 Sep 2018). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Mewis, W A; Country: Belgium; Cemetery or memorial: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery; Service number: 1109; Regiment: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment); First World War (accessed 25 Sep 2020).