Khofen Lewis (1889, Riga — 23.10.1918, Palestine). Together with his family, moved to London, where he married. During the First World War, volunteered for the Jewish 39th Royal Fusiliers Regiment. Together with the regiment, was sent to Palestine and participated in the war against the Turks. Fought on the Jericho front; participated in the capture of Es-Salt in Transjordan. At the beginning of October 1918, the regiment made a foot march from Es-Salt to Jerusalem. Many soldiers contracted malaria, including Lewis. Died of malaria; buried at the military cemetery in Ramle; left a wife and daughter. His name is commemorated in the Book of Remembrance of the Jews of Britain 1914–18 and in the Memorial Book of the Jabotinsky Institute.