Lewis, Harry (aka Harry Valentine)
Regiment: King’s Own Hussars (3rd) and 8th Royal Irish Hussars
Rank: Lance Corporal ( appointed Mar 1902)
Service No: 3243
Boer War service: 20 Dec 1899 to 10 Mar 1903
Date of enlistment: 9 Jun 1892
Date of discharge: 9 Aug 1907
Reason for discharge: Not Known
Other information: Attached to the Remounts while with the 3rd Royal Irish
Born: According to his army attestation form Harry was born in April/May 1874 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Neither birth nor baptism could be traced.
Family: Parents not traced. He had a brother John who was 4 years older, also in the army, who signed up at the same time. No marriage traced.
Residence: In 1892 he signed up in Bury, Lancashire. Harry’s three addresses between 1901 & 1904 were all in the same area of Manchester – Ashton New Road in Bradford, Augustus Road in Moss Side, and Palmerston Street in Ancoats and Beswick..
Employment: His occupation in 1892 was that of Maker up
Death: No death or burial traced
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