Lewis PROCTOR

Main CPGW Record

Surname: PROCTOR

Forename(s): Lewis

Place of Birth: Sawley, Yorkshire

Service No: 228683

Rank: Driver

Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery

Battalion / Unit: 'A' Battery 174th Brigade

Division: 39th Division

Age: 33

Date of Death: 1918-10-06

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. B. 2.

CWGC Cemetery: SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: GRINDLETON, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: SAWLEY, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Lewis Proctor was the son of Henry and Jane Alberta Proctor, née Little. Henry was born at Sawley, Yorkshire and Jane at Sparland, Illinois, U.S.A.

1891 Langho, Lancashire Census: Lower Fold - Lewis Proctor, aged 6 years, born Grindleton, Yorkshire, son of Henry and Jane A. Proctor.

1901 Sawley, Yorkshire Census: Abbey - Lewis Procter, aged 16 years, born Sawley, nephew of Amos and Elizabeth Higson [née Holgate].

Lewis was married to Edith Emma Holgate in 1910.

1911 Clitheroe, Lancashire Census: 18, Parson Lane - Lewis Proctor, aged 26 years, born Sawley, Yorkshire, husband of Edith Proctor.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Dvr Lewis Proctor, 228683, R.F.A.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Dvr Lewis Proctor, 228683, R.F.A. Dead 6.10.18.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Gnr Lewis Proctor, 228683, A/174th Bde. R.F.A. Date and Place of Death: 6.10.18. K. in A. France or Belgium. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Edith E. £14 11s. 3d. O.S.B. Children - Reginald, born 22.3.11. £23 2s. 6d. Norman, born 17.8.15. £2 0s. 0d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Lewis. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Edith Emma, born 2.11.84. Address: 18, Parson Lane, Clitheroe. Children: Reginald, born 22.3.11. Norman, born 17.8.15.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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