Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: WWI
• _UID: EB556B5D505F4E2287211670B2490E0361E6
• Military: 23 Jul 1915; WWI

Notes:

Proposed Change: Grayson, Lewis (I4028)
Tree: The Family Maw
Link:

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:



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Birth:
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
© brightsolid online publishing ltd

Military:
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:

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
© Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Died:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2913215/lewis-grayson/