I think he was born in Kendal
From Freebmd
Births Sep 1879
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Bewley Robert Kendal 10b 714
As I think in 1881 he is with mother & father in Lancashire she Mary
Ann nee BEETHAM born 1858 Kendal
John BEWLEY 1858 Penrith, Cumberland,
Mary Ann dieds in 1890 Borkenhead which would account for him going
into the orphanage or work house
Mary Ann BEETHAM married John Graham BEWLEY in Kendal Dec Quater 1878
so it all fits
Have you got his marriage cert from 1912 yet ?