Harry Mewis

1898 - 1917  (19 years)

• Name	Harry Mewis
  Birth	1898	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Aston, Warwickshire, England   [2]
  	Address: 43 Cheatham Street
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Nechells, Birmingham, England   [3]
  	Address: 48 Cattells Grove
  Death	17 Aug 1917	Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium   [4]
  Commemorated	Abt 1919	Aston, Warwickshire, England   [5, 6]
  	MEWIS, HARRY Memorial St Peter And St Paul Parishioners - WW1 (WMR 38589) Aston West Midlands St Peter and St Pauls Church Witton Lane, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 6QA Tablet wreath above names
  Commemorated	20 Jun 1927	Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium   [4]
  	MEWIS, HARRY Rank: Private Service No: 45177 Date of Death: 17/08/1917 Age: 19 Regiment/Service: Worcestershire Regiment 1st/7th Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 75 to 77. Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Harry Mewis, of 6, King's Avenue, Alfred St., Aston, Birmingham. (Tyne Cot Memorial was unveiled 20 June 1927)
  Person ID	I8192	Gilbert
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Harry Mewis,   b. 1874, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England d. 1927, Birmingham North, Warwickshire, England (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Martha James,   b. 1867, Shenstone, Staffordshire, England d. 1911, Aston, Warwickshire, England (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	1892	Aston, Warwickshire, England
  Family ID	F3076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1898 - Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Residence - Address: 43 Cheatham Street - 31 Mar 1901 - Aston, Warwickshire, England Residence - Address: 48 Cattells Grove - 2 Apr 1911 - Nechells, Birmingham, England Death - 17 Aug 1917 - Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium Commemorated - Abt 1919 - Aston, Warwickshire, England Commemorated - 20 Jun 1927 - Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  MEWIS, Harry: World War 1 Medal Index Card World War 1 medal index card for Harry MEWIS. He was a Private in the Worcestershire Regiment. He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. 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, Harry; Mother's Maiden Surname: James; GRO Reference: 1898 S Quarter in ASTON Volume 06D Page 317 (accessed 22 Nov 2017). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Mewis, Harry; Birth year: 1899; Birth town: Birmingham; Birth county: Warwickshire; Reg dist: Aston; Parish: Aston; County: Warwickshire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2873; Folio: 81; Page: 19 (accessed 15 May 2018). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Mewis, Harry; Birth year: 1899; Birth place: Bham Warwickshire; Reg dist: Aston; Parish: Aston; County: Warwickshire; Ref: RG14PN18255 RG78PN1101 RD385 SD3 ED25 SN82 (accessed 2 Apr 2018). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Mewis, Harry; Country: Belgium; Cemetery or memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial; Service number: 45177; Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment; First World War (accessed 21 Aug 2018). [S382] War Memorials Register (FindMyPast), Mewis, H; Death year: 1917; County: Warwickshire; Country: England (accessed 17 Dec 2020). [S383] War Memorials Register (Imperial War Museum - IWM), Mewis, H; Memorial county: Warwickshire; Memorial town: Aston (accessed 17 Dec 2020).