Lt Col Lewis Collingwood Bearne DSOAM ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Education: Newton College.

2. Occupation, 1896, Southern India. Coffee Planter

3. Military Service, 1900-1901, Sout Africa. ³ Served as Local Second Lieutenant (attached to RASC))

4. Military Service, 1902. ³ Appointed Second Lieutenant in Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

5. Military Service, Oct 1902. ³ Transferred to Royal Army Service Corps

6. Military Award, Feb 1915. ¹ Awarded DSO

7. Military Award, 1917. ³ The Order of the White Eagle 4th Class (With Swords) - by His Majesty the King of Serbia (Reported by the London Gazette 9/3/1917)

8. Military Award, 1917. ³ Albert Medal (Reported London Gazette 7/12/1917)

9. Military Despatches, 1917. ³ Mention in Despatches reported London Gazette 28/11/1917

10. Military Service, Dec 1917. ³ Appointed Senior MT Officer, Salonika Force

11. Military Despatches, 1919. ³ Mentioned in Despatches - Reported London Gazette 30/1/1919

12. Military Service, 1919, Cork, Ireland. Posting, with family

13. Military Service, Early 1920s. ³ Served in the British Army of the Rhine

14. Military Service, Nov 1927. ³ Transferred to Royal Indian Army Service Corps

15. Retirement, May 1929, Langley, Kent. ³

16. * Further Details. For more information, please see <A href="/history/guy/guybearne.pdf" target=_blank>Guy Bearne's Memoirs</A> - Chapters 2, 3 & 4

Lewis married Violet Hetty Rogers Gibbs, daughter of S C Gibbs and Mabel, on 5 Sep 1905 in Aldershot (All Saints Garrison Church). (Violet Hetty Rogers Gibbs was born on 20 Sep 1881 and died in 1972 in Maidstone.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. * Further Details. For more information, please see <A href="/history/guy/guybearne.pdf" target=_blank>Guy Bearne's Memoirs</A> - Chapters 2 & 5