Name
Lewis James Cole
1883
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/08/1916
33
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
2946
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MAILLY-MAILLET COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
D. 19.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
4 Co' Hertfordshire Reg' Territorials’ Memorial, Hitchin, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin, Tewin Village Memorial, St Peter’s Church Muster Roll, Tewin, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Wartime Service
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £9 and pay owing of £5 5s 8d. His father received a pension of 6 shillings a week from 15 May 1917.
His brother Robert Cole served with the Royal Engineers but survived the war.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Brenda Palmer, Paul Johnson, Jonty Wild, www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/hertsrgt