Name
Lewis Daniels
1886
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/10/1918
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
39449
Norfolk Regiment
9th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HIGHLAND CEMETERY, LE CATEAU
VI. B. 16.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Ashwell Village Memorial, St Mary’s Church Roll of Honour, Ashwell
Pre War
Lewis Daniels was born in Southill, Bedfordshire in 1886, the only son and eldest child of William and Annie Daniels (nee Robinson).
On the 1891 Census the family were living in the village of Southill, where his father was working as an agricultural labourer. They remained in Southill in 1901 at which time 15 year old Lewis was working as a stockman on a farm. He married Phoebe Muncey of Wrestlingworth, Bedfordshire in 1907 and they had five children, William (1908), Elsie, (1912), Winifred (1914), Ronald (1916), Gladys (1919).
He was educated at Merchant Taylors School, Ashwell and at the time of enlistment he lived in Station Road, Ashwell, and was working as a cowman on a farm.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Bedford and served with the 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment as part of the 71st Brigade, 6th Division.
He was killed in action on 21 October 1918 and is buried in Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau, France. (N.B. pension cards suggest he was initially reported as missing).
Additional Information
His widow Phoebe received a war gratuity of £5 and pay owing of £5 3s 8d. She also received a pension of £1 17s 11d a week for herself and her children.
Phoebe later remarried in Ashwell in 1923 to William Barton.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson, ashwellmuseum.org.uk
