22 February 1977 (aged 80) Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Buried
Milford Haven Cemetery, Milford Haven
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1914−
Rank
Lance Corporal
Service number
16224
Unit
Welch Regiment Home Guard
Battles/wars
World War I
Awards
Victoria Cross Médaille militaire
Lance Corporal Hubert William Lewis (1 May 1896 – 22 February 1977) was a Welsh soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Born in Milford Haven, he left school at 13 to work in a local fish market. He enlisted in the Welsh Regiment in 1914 and, after serving briefly in France, he was reposted to the Macedonian front of the First World War. During a night raid on German trenches, despite being wounded twice, he single-handedly captured three enemy soldiers before carrying a wounded officer back to safety under artillery fire. For his actions he was awarded the Victoria Cross, becoming the youngest Welsh recipient of the award. He later performed a similar feat when carrying a captain to safety in 1918 during an assault on an enemy position.
After the war, he returned to Milford Haven where he married and raised three children. He continued working in the local fish market, first as a trader before becoming the foreman for an ice company at the site for over 40 years. He served in the Home Guard during the Second World War. Prior to his death in 1977, he was the last surviving Welsh Victoria Cross recipient from the First World War.
and 25 Related for: Hubert William Lewis information
Lance Corporal HubertWilliamLewis (1 May 1896 – 22 February 1977) was a Welsh soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious...
the Western Front and then moved to Salonika in late 1915. Private HubertWilliamLewis, of the 11th (Service) Battalion, was awarded the Victoria Cross...
then by Vice Admiral Bernard William Murray Fairbairn until the end of the war. Of those born in the town, HubertWilliamLewis was awarded the Victoria Cross...
of Wales T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) (1888–1935), soldier HubertWilliamLewis VC (1896–1977) John Wallace Linton VC, Royal Navy Commander Sir Thomas...
Palestine William Charles Fuller 1914 World War I Chivy-sur-Aisne France HubertWilliamLewis 1916 World War I Macukovo Greece Ivor Rees 1917 World War I Pilkem...
composer, 70 11 February - Thomas Ifor Rees, diplomat, 86 22 February - HubertWilliamLewis, Victoria Cross recipient, 80 5 March - Tom Pryce, Formula One racing...
Ambrose Madden Hugh Rowlands William Charles Fuller HubertWilliamLewis Edgar Myles Tasker Watkins Frederick Barter Edward William Derrington Bell John Collins...
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician and statesman who served as the 38th vice president of the United...
Bartley, William Warren III, ed. (1977) "Lewis Carroll's Symbolic Logic". New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 2nd ed 1986. Moktefi, Amirouche. (2008) "Lewis Carroll's...
59798". The London Gazette. 1 June 2011. p. 10297. Begent, Peter; Chesshyre, Hubert (1999). The Most Noble Order of the Garter: 650 Years. London: Spink and...
1960) 4 April – W. S. Gwynn Williams, musician (died 1978) 1 May – HubertWilliamLewis, VC recipient (died 1977) 6 May – Wilfred Hodder, Wales international...
Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III (born June 26, 1942) is an American retired politician who served as attorney general of the state of Minnesota (1983–1999)...
with a rebellion by Hubert de Beaumont-au-Maine, probably in 1084. Hubert was besieged in his castle at Sainte-Suzanne by William's forces for at least...
Bourke) in Ireland and elder brother of Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent and Geoffrey de Burgh, Bishop of Ely. William is often given the epithet, "the conqueror"...
Indian politician, Assam MLA (2001–2006). (death announced on this date) Hubert Lauper, 80, Swiss politician, MP (1995–2003), prefect of Sarine District...
Hubert Fauntleroy Julian (21 September 1897 – 19 February 1983) was a Trinidad-born American aviation pioneer. He was nicknamed "the Black Eagle". Hubert...
Hubert Howe Bancroft (May 5, 1832 – March 2, 1918) was an American historian and ethnologist who wrote, published, and collected works concerning the western...
William Randolph Hearst Sr. (/hɜːrst/; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher, and politician who developed the nation's...
Tribune Herald. March 10, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2018 – via PressReader. "Hubert Chalfant's Obituary on Las Vegas Review-Journal". Las Vegas Review-Journal...
crowned. Initially William Marshal termed himself the King's justiciar. When Hubert de Burgh, the existing justiciar, complained, William altered his title...
2008-04-15. "L.G. Loomis". Los Angeles Police Department. Retrieved 2008-04-15. "Hubert H. Benedict". Los Angeles Police Department. Retrieved 2008-04-15. "Terrence...
Hubert John Clifford (31 May 1904 – 4 September 1959) was an Australian-born British composer, conductor and musical director for films. A native of Bairnsdale...
London: Constable, 1932 Lewis Lett, Knights Errant of Papua, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1935 H. N. Nelson, 'Murray, Sir John Hubert Plunkett (1861 - 1940)'...
Global Information
United Kingdom
British Army
Victoria Cross