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Biography of Joseph Edwin Sewell 1899-1918

Around May 1899 Joseph Edwin Sewell was born to William Sewell at Lamplugh, Cumberland

31st March 1901. Census. Bird Dyke, Lamplugh.

[his father] William Sewell. Iron Ore Miner.

Joseph Edwin Sewell (age 1).

2nd April 1911. Census. Bird Dyke, Lamplugh.

[his father] William Sewell.

Joseph Edwin Sewell (age 11).

In 1917 Joseph Edwin Sewell (age 17) elisted at Workington.

In August 1917 Joseph Edwin Sewell (age 18) was stationed at Edinburgh Castle [Map] as described in his letters home.

On 12th June 1918 Joseph Edwin Sewell (age 19) died from wounds at Southampton, Hampshire [Map]. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Lamplugh [Map].

Joseph Sewell was born in 1899 at Lamplugh, Cumberland. The second son of iron ore miner William Sewell and his wife Maria (nee Hope) of Bird Dyke, Lamplugh. He enlisted at Workington in 1917. Letters home show that he was stationed at Edinburgh Castle in August 1917. He had served with the Royal Fusiliers.