Lewis Silverstein

Private Lewis Bernard Silverstein was an English soldier of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born in Bloomsbury, the son of Oscar and Sarah Silverstein, originally of Germany and Poland, respectively. Before enlisting on 9 August 1914, Silverstein worked for the Police Receiver's Office of the Metropolitan Police.War Memorial Police Staff, parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
Aged 19, Silverstein died on 16 September 1916, during the Somme Offensive, while serving on the Western Front with the 1/23rd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Thiepval Memorial.
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==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Silverstein, Lewis Bernard, cwgc.org. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
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Category:British military personnel
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Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:British people of German descent
Category:British people of Polish descent
Category:British people of Russian descent
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Category:Thiepval Memorial
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