Grayson, Driver Lewis[1]
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Relationship with Living Birth Between Jan and Mar 1884 Everton, , Nottinghamshire, England [2]
- First name(s) LEWIS
Last name GRAYSON
Birth year 1884
Birth quarter 1
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Maw
District East Retford
County Nottinghamshire
Country England
Volume 7B
Page 2
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Births
Collections from Great Britain, England
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Gender Male Military WWI - DRIVER
LEWIS GRAYSON
Service Number: 1385
Regiment & Unit/Ship
British Red Cross Society
British Medical Motor Section No. 3
Date of Death
Died 23 July 1915
Age 31 years old
Buried or commemorated at
CHARMES MILITARY CEMETERY, ESSEGNEY
I. C. 3.
France
Country of Service: United Kingdom
Additional Info: Croix de Guerre (France). Son of Mrs. Lavinia Owen, of 33, Graeme St., Moss Side, Manchester. Born at Everton, Nottinghamshire.
Personal Inscription: HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
Military 23 Jul 1915 [3] WWI
First name(s) Lewis
Last name Grayson
Birth year 1884
Age 31
Death year 1915
Death date 23 Jul 1915
Number 1385
Rank Driver
Unit British Medical Motor Sect No. 3
Regiment British Red Cross Society
Grave reference I. C. 3.
Cemetery or memorial Charmes Military Cemetery, Essegney
Burial country France
Additional information Croix de Guerre (France). Son of Mrs. Lavinia Owen, of 33, Graeme St., Moss Side, Manchester. Born at Everton, Nottinghamshire.
Link https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead
War First World War, 1914-1918
Record set Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour
Category Military Service & Conflict
Subcategory First World War
Collections from United Kingdom, Overseas / Unknown
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_UID EB556B5D505F4E2287211670B2490E0361E6 Death 23 Jul 1915 France Burial Charmes Military Cemetery, Essegney, , Lorraine, France Patriarch & Matriarch Grayson, Thomas
b. 20 Aug 1812, Styrrup,, Nottinghamshire, England
d. 1863 (Age 50 years) (Grandfather)
Lucy
b. Est 1765
d. Yes, date unknown (2 x Great Grandmother)Headstones Submit Headstone Photo
Person ID I4028 The Family Maw Last Modified 12 Apr 2022
Father Grayson, William
b. Between Oct and Dec 1851, Tickhill, , Yorkshire, England
d. Between Jul and Sep 1891, Bawtry, , Yorkshire, EnglandMother Maw, Lavinia
b. Between Jan and Feb 1856, Wroot, , Lincolnshire, England
d. Between Jan and Mar 1933, District Bucklow
Other Partners: Owen, George m. Jul-Sep 1899Marriage Between Apr and Jun 1877 District Thorne [4]
Family ID F1294 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- First name(s) LEWIS
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Event Map Click to display Birth - Between Jan and Mar 1884 - Everton, , Nottinghamshire, England Death - 23 Jul 1915 - France Burial - - Charmes Military Cemetery, Essegney, , Lorraine, France = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Proposed Change: Grayson, Lewis (I4028)
Tree: The Family Maw
Link: <https://www.family-maw.com//getperson.php?personID=I4028&tree=Maw>
Description: Here are details of Lewis Grayson from a cemetery register far from his birthplace. He seems to have had a very interesting life and a sad death in a war that he probably was against given he was with what was likely a unit whose non-combatant status came from an opposition to war:
<https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2913215/lewis-grayson/#&gid=1&pid=2>
Bryn Hammond
brynleyhfsmailnet @ gamil.com
Sources - [S288] John Burgess, Ireland.
- [S118] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, (FreeBMD. England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England.), GRO Reference - District E.Retford - Volume 7b Page 2 (Reliability: 3).
- [S581] Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.
- [S118] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, (FreeBMD. England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England.), GRO Reference - District Thorne - Volume 9c Page 847 (Reliability: 3).