Edwin Charles Lewis – The King’s (Liverpool Regiment), Depot Battalion

Private Edwin Charles Lewis – The King’s (Liverpool Regiment), Depot Battalion

Edwin Charles Lewis, born in 1893, is one of the First World War casualties for whom only limited surviving records remain. His life, like that of many young men of the period, is glimpsed chiefly through military documentation and burial registers rather than extensive civilian archives.

Edwin Charles Lewis
Calfaria Welsh Baptist Church, Fforestfach credit - findagrave

Military Service

Edwin served as a Private with The King’s (Liverpool Regiment), attached to the Depot Battalion. Depot units were responsible for training, administration, and reinforcement drafts, and many soldiers recovering from illness or injury were also posted to them. Although the surviving records do not provide details of Edwin’s enlistment or overseas service, his association with the regiment places him among the thousands of Welsh and West‑country men who joined the Liverpool Regiment during the war.

Death and Burial

Edwin Charles Lewis died on 10 March 1920, a date that places his death within the long shadow of the war, when many former servicemen continued to suffer from illness, injury, or the lingering effects of military service. His body was laid to rest at Calfaria Welsh Baptist Church, Fforestfach, returning him to the chapel community of Swansea at the close of his life.