Samuel William Kewn

A Private with the 8th Battalion, Samuel died on 20th of October 1918 aged 23.

Samuel was born at Penzance, Cornwall, on 11 April 1895, a son of Samuel William and Martha Mary Kewn. Note that some sources give his place of birth as Liverpool. He was baptised at Penzance on 3 May 1895. In 1901 his family lived at 8 Penwith Street, Penzance. By 1906 Samuel’s family had moved to Lowestoft and lived at 32 Stanford Street. In 1911 they lived at Angela House, Saint Margaret’s Road, and later they lived at 18 Jacob’s Street. By 1916 Samuel’s mother had moved to Penzance and lived at 3 Cherry Garden, New Street, Penzance. From 1917 to 1940 his father lived at 47 Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft.

Samuel volunteered and enlisted in the Army at Falmouth, Cornwall. He joined the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, service number 12972. He was posted to the 8th Battalion and arrived in France with his battalion on 22 September 1915. On 13 November 1915 his battalion set sail from Marseilles for Salonika. 

Samuel contracted pneumonia and died at 28 Casualty Clearing Station, Salonika.