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Lewis PHILLIPS (1912- )
| Name: | Lewis PHILLIPS |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Andrew PHILLIPS (1888-1932) |
| Mother: | Emma Maud JENKINS (1891-1967?) |
Individual Events and Attributes
| Birth | Jan 1912 | Blaenavon Monmouthshire Wales |
| Occupation | 1927 (age 14-15) | Miner asisting father in pit loading coal into drams; The Big Pit Blaenavon Monmouthshire Wales |
| Army Service | frm 1931 to 1946 (age 18-34) | Royal Air Force |
| Residence | 1950 (age 37-38) | |
| Marriage Count | 2 |
Additional Information
| Birth | 12 Upper Hill Street Blaenavon Monmouthshire
Minimum wages £2.8s 0d weekly at that time. |
| Occupation | As his elder brother Leslie left the pit his place had to be taken by Lewis who was forced to leave school early.Loading the drams with the coal hewed by his father, marking the trucks with the number. No coal, no pay. Safety work putting in pit props was unpaid. So this was usually minimum safety. |
| Residence | Wealdstone Middx |