Plaque

Sidney Lewis

Erection date: 24/9/2016

Inscription

Sidney Lewis, 1903 - 1969, youngest British soldier, First World War, aged twelve, lived here.
Placed by public subscriptions

The reports of the fund-raising campaign for this plaque named "historian Geoff Simmons" and it was said that the plaque would be "unveiled by {Lewis's} 83-year-old son Colin".

Site: Sidney Lewis (1 memorial)

SW17, Garratt Lane, 934

This section of Garratt Lane (Fountain Road - Tooting High Road) used to be named Defoe Road. It changed to Garratt Lane between the 1938 and 1939 electoral registers.

More information about this house, the plaque and the Lewis family at Summerstown.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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