Name
Lewis Stanley Quarman
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
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UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Lewis Quarman was born in the Autumn of 1896 at Abbots Langley. He was one of nine children (six sons and three daughters) born to William and Louisa Quarman. In 1901 William Quarman, an Army Pensioner, was employed as an Attendant at the Asylum, and the family lived at 5 Garden Road, Abbots Langley. At the time of the 1911 Census the family still lived at the same address, however William had retired from the Asylum. In 1911 Lewis was recorded as working at a Paper Mill.
The National Roll of the Great War noted that Lewis volunteered in September 1914, and he was recorded in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour for the first time in October 1914, serving with Hertfordshire Territorials. At some point he was transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Hertfordshire Regiment and was sent to France on 10th July 1915. The National Roll indicated that Lewis took part in the heavy fighting at Ypres, Hill 60, and Festubert.
The Abbots Langley Parish Magazine recorded in September 1916 that Lewis was reported wounded. However, he recovered and took part in the Battle of Cambrai towards the end of 1917, and in the defence of the German Spring Offensive, and in the subsequent advance into Germany. Before the end of the War, Lewis’ Medal Roll Index Card indicated that he joined the Notts & Derby Regiment.
The National Roll of the Great War entry noted that Lewis suffered from shell shock and was demobilised in March 1919 to Garden Road, Abbots Langley.
Lewis Quarman survived the War, as did his brother Thomas. However his brothers Charles and John both failed to return. Charles died from his wounds in Mesopotamia in June 1917, and John was killed in action in July 1916.
Additional Information
Formerly 3165, Hertfordshire Territorials & 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment.
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
