Francis George Lewis
Memorial: Staple Hill - Page Park
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Air Mechanic 1st Class
Pre-war occupation: Not known
Date of birth: 1919
Date of death: 08/06/1940
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea. Commemorated Lee-on-Solent Memorial and Staple Hill Memorial
Age: 20
Further information:
He died in one of the Royal Navy’s most devastating disasters of the Second World War. HMS Glorious, one of Britain's largest and fastest aircraft carriers, was sunk along with her escorting destroyers HMS Ardent and HMS Acasta during the evacuation of Allied forces from Norway. Survivors in life rafts were not picked up for 3 days by which time there were only 40 left alive and in all 1,519 souls lost their lives.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://www.historytoday.com/philip-weir/hms-glorious-history-controversy