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Awards & Titles: | Military Cross & Bar | ||
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
Detail :
Probate LEVIS John Samuel of Lansdown Park Bath died 5 November 1943 Administration Bristol 14 January to Dorothy May Levis widow and Yvonne Joyce Levis spinster. Effects £16498 17s. 1d. Resworn £17716 19s. 1d.
His obituary can be read in the Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser 13th November, 1943: "A BELOVED SURGEON - Deaht of Dr. S.J. Levis - Memorial Service. The death of Dr. John Samuel Levis, the eminent Bath surgeon, which occurred suddenly on November 5th, at his home at Lansdown Park, Bath, caused much sorrow in many Trowbridge homes. For over 28 years he had been the chief surgeon at the Trowbridge and District Hospital, and his great skill had brought renewed health and freedom from bodily pain to many of the town's people. He will be greatly missed, and almost impossible to replace, for apart from his surgical skill he had endeared himself to his patients through his geniality and good humour.
The late Dr. Levis was only 54 years old. He had a long and distinguished association with the Bath Royal United Hospital, and for many years he had been consultant surgeon to numerous hospitals in the locality in addition to Trowbridge, including Chippenham, Melksham, Frome, Shepton Mallet. He received his training in Cork and Dublin. He held numerous high degrees, was a Master of Science, and a member of the International Society of Surgeons. He was a distinguished soldier as well as surgeon, winning the Military Cross three times in the Great War 1914-18. He was at the Trowbridge Hospital only a few hours before his death...."
Citations & Commemorations :
SUPPLEMENT TO THE EDINBURGH GAZETTE, JULY 29, 1918. 2633. T./C'apt. (A./Maj.) John Samuel Levis M.C., R.A.M.C. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of stretcher-bearers al the advanced dressing station, his courage and example in leading squads over heavily shelled ground were the means of saving many lives. When ordered to evacuate, he .displayed great ingenuity and resource in saving his personnel and equipment. Throughout the operations he has rendered most valuable services. (M.C. gazetted 26th January, 1917.)SUPPLEMENT TO THE EDINBURGH GAZETTE, JANUARY 13, 1919. 235. T./Capt. (A./Maj.) John Samuel Levis, M.C., M.B., 51st Fd. Amb., R.A.M.C. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During an attack, when the regimental aid posts were under direct enemy observation, this officer, approaching them over ground swept by machine-gun fire, made arrangements for the wounded to be evacuated by a safer route. He was indefatigable in the day in keeping touch with the aid posts as they moved forward, and during the night took stretcher-bearers up to the front line to> search for wounded.- (M.C. gazetted 26th January, 1917.) (Bar gazetted 26th July, 1918.)
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Lodge of Honour No. 379 E.C. | Somerset |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
8th November 1920 | 14th February 1921 | 14th March 1921 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley