Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1046

.

17 September 2004

Hammer Price:
£150

Three: Sapper A. S. Lewis, Royal Engineers

1914 Star (21571 Spr., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (21571 Spr., R.E.) extremely fine (3) £80-100

Arthur Samuel Lewis was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire and enlisted at Manchester. Initially with the East Lancashire Regiment, he was serving with the 55th Field company Royal Engineers when he was killed in action on 11 September 1916. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.