Michael Lewis

Officer's Steward 3rd Class Michael Charles Lewis was an English sailor of the Royal Navy who died during the First World War.
He was born on 30 June 1896, in London, the son of Isaac and Leah Lewis (née Levy), of Poland and London, respectively. Lewis enlisted on 9 November 1913 and was assigned to HMS Excellent.Ancestry.com. UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1900-1928 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. 
Lewis died on 26 November 1914, on board HMS Bulwark, when the battleship suffered a catastrophic explosion while anchored near Sheerness, Kent. There were only 14 survivors from a crew of 750.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
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==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Lewis, Michael Charles, cwgc.org. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
Category:1896 births
Category:1914 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:British people of Polish descent
Category:British people of Russian descent
Category:Royal Navy
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Plymouth Naval Memorial
Category:Officers' Stewards