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Private Arthur Osher Lewis

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Private Arthur Osher Lewis

Birth
Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
2 Aug 1944 (aged 25)
France
Burial
Cintheaux, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Add to Map
Plot
I. A. 5.
Memorial ID
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Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: B/70514
Age: 25
Force: Army
Unit: Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Honours/Awards: 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) & Clasp.

A stamper/munitions worker by trade, residing on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Army on 23 Nov 1942 in Chippewa, Ontario. He served in Canada, in the United Kingdom and in France.

Son of Mrs. Leah Lewis of Hamilton [she died in April 1943] and son of the late Leon Lewis; husband of Clara Rose (née Silver) Lewis of Hamilton [they married on 28 April 1943 in Chippewa]; father of a daughter; brother of Sam, Jack and Lillian.

Private Arthur Osher Lewis is commemorated on Page 365 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Military Service-
Rank: Private
Service Number: B/70514
Age: 25
Force: Army
Unit: Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Honours/Awards: 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (CVSM) & Clasp.

A stamper/munitions worker by trade, residing on Cannon Street in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the Canadian Army on 23 Nov 1942 in Chippewa, Ontario. He served in Canada, in the United Kingdom and in France.

Son of Mrs. Leah Lewis of Hamilton [she died in April 1943] and son of the late Leon Lewis; husband of Clara Rose (née Silver) Lewis of Hamilton [they married on 28 April 1943 in Chippewa]; father of a daughter; brother of Sam, Jack and Lillian.

Private Arthur Osher Lewis is commemorated on Page 365 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.

Inscription

Epitaph...
FOR THE LIFE
HE GAVE HIS COUNTRY
HE WILL EVER BE REMEMBERED
BY HIS LOVED AND DEAR ONES



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  • Maintained by: SJB Hearn
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56156897/arthur_osher-lewis: accessed ), memorial page for Private Arthur Osher Lewis (12 May 1919–2 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56156897, citing Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Cintheaux, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).