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Recent uploads
The last upload was October 2014.
Official Photographs taken on the Front in France : A scene in Gommecourt chateau from UBC Library Digitization Centre uploaded October 2014
Lance Corporal William Dudley Bezer from IWM Collections uploaded February 2014
Lieutenant Peter Clement Layard from IWM Collections uploaded June 2012
2 Lieutenant Eric Light from IWM Collections uploaded January 2012
Captain Frederick Henry Meredith Lewes from IWM Collections uploaded October 2011
Lance Corporal Douglas G. Adams from IWM Collections uploaded October 2011
View of the Chateau at Gommecourt from National Library of Scotland uploaded June 2010
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2 Lieutenant Eric Light
from IWM Collections
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Captain Frederick Henry Meredith Lewes
from IWM Collections
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Historydevotee said:
From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website:
Name:LEWES, FREDERICK HENRY MEREDITH
Initials:F H M
Nationality:United Kingdom
Rank:Captain
Regiment/Service:Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Unit Text:Adjt. 5th Bn.
Age:29
Date of Death:01/07/1916
Additional information:Son of Col. H. A. Lewes, and Mrs. L. J. P. Lewes of "Rothsay", Camelsdale, Haslemere, Surrey.
Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.
Memorial:THIEPVAL MEMORIAL -
Gary Donaldson said:
5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters were in 139th Brigade, committed to the ill fated 'diversionary attack' at Gommecourt on 1 Jul 1916. The full story of this episode, and its aftermath, is told in "A Lack of Offensive Spirit: The 46th Midland Division at Gommecourt" by Alan MacDonald. This attack was used as a Leadership Study by Majors at the Joint Service Command and Staff College 2007-2010.
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AndyBailey said:
“Capt Frederick Henry Meredith Lewes was born on 28th July 1887 and was married to Mrs A Lewes. They lived at 3 Oak Hill Road, Surbiton Hill, Surrey. The son of Col. H. A. Lewes and Lucy Julia Perfect Lewes of Rothsay, Camelsdale, Haslemere, Surrey, he was educated at Haileybury and was a civil engineer. He moved to Derby and worked in the Coaching Section of the Midland Railway. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lt in the Territorial Force on 11th April 1911. He had previously been in the Electrical Engineers, R.E. between 1905 and 1908 and the 4th North Midland Howitzer Brigade from 1908 to 1911. He contracted trench fever in September 1915 and rejoined the battalion on 29th November 1915. He died of wounds on 2nd July 1916. In spite of his body being buried by the Germans it was subsequently lost.”
(p393 A Lack of Offensive Spirit? The 46th (North Midland) Division at Gommecourt By Alan MacDonald)
It appears from posts on the Great War Forum that Capt Lewes, and members of his unit were the only men of their Brigade to reach the German 3rd line, where they were cut off and never seen again. It is likely that they fought in that position until over run, hence the German burial of Lewes's body. -
Charlotte Czyzyk said:
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Lance Corporal William Dudley Bezer
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Deborah CAMERON said:
william was born in 1884 in Sydenham. went to school at Plassy Road School, Lewisham. He was an insurance agent in 1901 and 1911 and married Glayds Cummins in Sept 1915, which means that Gladys was widowed less than a year of marrying and probably never really got to know her husband. Dulce et decorum est?
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Wemmbley-Hogg said:
William Dudley BEZER joined up at Davis Street between 6 August 1914 and 1 September 1914, being given the Regimental Service Number 2425. On 1 July 1916 he was with a Lewis Gun section attached to "B" Company Queen Victoria's Rifles in the 'diversionary' attack on Gommecourt. At 7.30am QVR attacked through a smoke screen - "A" (right) and "C" (left) companies led with "B" Company following towards the Quadrilateral which was the objective of the Queen's Westminster Rifles behind them. The German wire was uncut. LCpl Bezer was killed at or near Hebuterne. (All three Company Commanders; Captain Harold Edward Leys COX; Captain Robert William CUNNINGHAM; and Captain Philip Squarey HOUGHTON; were killed in action on 1 July 1916).