Louis was the son of Isaac and Deborah née Abrahams of Bethnal Green, London. The family lived at 112 Mansford Street, Bethnal Green where Louis’s father Isaac worked as a master shoe repairer. Louis had three siblings, Alfred, Monty and Sadie.

Louis was an air gunner on Wellington BK242 which took off from RAF Finningley on a day training exercise. The aircraft crashed attempting to overshoot killing all the crew:

Pilot, Thomas William Hodgson Dalziel, 1432841.
Nav, William Baird Jarvie, 1344192
B/A, Edgar Farrer, 1562923
W/Op A/G Murray Cohen, 1235344, aged 21. Murray Cohen was also Jewish and is commemorated on the website.
A/G, Sgt Louis Lazarus, 1611281