Louis was born on the 10th of January 1895 in Bridle Lane, Greenwich, Ripley, Derbyshire.  He studied at Reading University and was football Vice Captain.  

Louis served during the Great War (1914-18) and joined the 11th Battalion on the 9th of April 1915. He was later posted to the 17th (Welbeck Rangers) Battalion.  On the 1st of August 1916, with “B” Company, he took part in a raid in the German trenches, near Givenchy, where he was badly wounded.  This action saw 8 men killed, 43 wounded and 12 missing.  Louis was awarded a Military Cross (MC) for his actions during this raid, which was published in the London Gazette on the 1st of January 1917.   

Louis later commissioned as Lieutenant on the 1st of July 1917.  He then went on to become a Signals Officer with the 3rd Battalion from the 14th of March 1918 and re-joined the 3rd Battalion on the 31st of May 1918.  He was demobilised on the 4th of April 1919.  

After the war, Louis captained the Notts Cricket Association and was a well-known cricketer, playing for Derbyshire 1919-1920.  He made his debut for Derbyshire against Lancashire in 1919.  He was a right arm medium fast bowler and a left-handed batsman and played eleven innings in seven matches.   

In later life Louis lived in Mansfield, he died in Kings Mill Hospital on the 3rd of April 1958 aged 63 years.