Ospreys win would be fitting tribute to Brinley Lewis 100 years on
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Ospreys win would be fitting tribute to Brinley Lewis 100 years on
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Brinley Richard Lewis was killed on the Western Front 100 years ago to the day of the game when a stray German shell landed on the Battery Mess to the rear of his unit's position.
He was killed instantly, along with a fellow officer, at Boesinge, Belgium, at the age of 26.
He was the ninth of 13 Welsh internationals to be killed in WW1.
So keen was he to serve his county during the Great War that he forsook his final law exams - he was articled to T.
W.
James, solicitor - and enlisted as a trooper in the Glamorgan Yeomanry.
He then transferred to the Ro…
Brinley Richard Lewis was killed on the Western Front 100 years ago to the day of the game when a stray German shell landed on the Battery Mess to the rear of his unit's position.
He was killed instantly, along with a fellow officer, at Boesinge, Belgium, at the age of 26.
He was the ninth of 13 Welsh internationals to be killed in WW1.
So keen was he to serve his county during the Great War that he forsook his final law exams - he was articled to T.
W.
James, solicitor - and enlisted as a trooper in the Glamorgan Yeomanry.
He then transferred to the Ro…
