Identity
Person No.
5849
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Cedric Lewis
Initials
C L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Military Service
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
attd. 1st. Bn. South Wales Borderers
Death Record
Date of Death
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Reuben and Annie Dold, of Kimberley, South Africa. M.B., Ch.B. (Edinburgh University). Gazetted on outbreak of war. Also served in German East Africa.
Citation
LG Sup 8 March 1919 - "Throughout the operations near Pontruet and Thorigny, on September 29th to 30th. 1918, he carried out his work with great gallantry and devotion to duty. He constantly visited the front line uinder heavy machine-gun and shell fire to personally superintend the evacuation of the wounded, and never spared himself for a moment in anything that could promote the welfare of the battalion."
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project