65419 John Steel LEWES, Welsh Guards attached L Detachment, Special Air Service

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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    hello D

    On the Leintwardine Memorial there is a WW2 casualty of John Lewes
    I have checked CWGC and the only John Lewes that came up was


    Lieutenant JOHN STEEL LEWES

    65419, Welsh Guards
    attd. 'L' Det., Special Air Service Bde.
    who died age 28
    on 30 December 1941
    Son of Arthur Harold and Elsie Steel Lewes, of Hanworth, Middlesex. M.A. (Oxon.): Christchurch College. President O.U.B.C., 1937.
    Remembered with honour
    ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

    Jock Lewes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    not sure if this is the chap
     
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    Casualty
    Lieutenant LEWES, JOHN STEEL
    Service Number 65419
    Died 30/12/1941
    Aged 28
    Welsh Guards attd. 'L' Det., Special Air Service Bde.
    Son of Arthur Harold and Elsie Steel Lewes, of Hanworth, Middlesex. M.A. (Oxon.): Christchurch College. President O.U.B.C., 1937.
    Commemorated at ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
    Location: Egypt
    Number of casualties: 11872
    Cemetery/memorial reference: Column 53.
    See cemetery plan
     
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