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Military service
Service number:
401271
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth:
July 21, 1897
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Henry and Emma Lewis, of 8, Alice Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Albert Lewis
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Albert Lewis
Private Albert Lewis, "anxious to join the army and see some action before it was all over, Albert went to work with his bicycle 26 July 1915. At the end of the day he collected his pay and cycled to London where he joined the 33rd Canadian Infantry Battalion." St. Marys Remembers, page 21. -
Photo of ALBERT LEWIS
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Private Albert Lewis
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Lewis
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Lewis
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Lewis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 119 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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