Source: April 1917 War Dairy entry April 9, 1917.
Distinguished Conduct Medal per London Gazette no. 29886, page 51. 29 December 1916. Date is incorrect in service file.
Family Search: When Captain William Harding Lewis was born on 23 October 1889, in Northam, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Lewis, was 37 and his mother, Rebecca A Mounce, was 31. He married Florence Mary Hockaday in 1917, in Bideford, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom in 1925 and Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as golfer in United States. He died on 1 September 1977, in Glynn, Georgia, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Saint Simons Island, Glynn, Georgia, United States.
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History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 