Captain Frederic Henry LEWIN (1896)

3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Connaught Rangers
Born 26 August 1877
Died 8 December 1915, aged 38
Buried at Kilmaine (Holy Trinity) Church, County Mayo, Ireland. Also commemorated on the wall memorial at Grangegorman Military Cemetery; and in the Cheltenham College chapel cloister.

Frederic* Lewin was the youngest son of Frederic Thomas Lewin (who served as High Sheriff of Countys Mayo and Galway) and Lucy Emma, née Corrie.

He was educated at Cheltenham College from 1891 to 1895, where he played rugby as a forward. Whilst at Merton he rowed for the College in 1898, and was a member of the Myrmidon dining club. He went on to work as a barrister in Ireland.

Having served as a Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment Special Reserve, he was mobilized at the outbreak of war, on 4 August 1914.

He suffered injuries to his skull and neck whilst practising the use of grenades and trench catapults at Preghane rifle range, Kinsale, County Cork, on 10 November 1915, and died of his wounds on 8 December. The church where he is buried was controversially torn down by stone robbers overnight in 1989 and now lies in ruins.