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Rflmn. William Walter Hewett
British Army 18th (London Irish Rifles) Btn., C Coy. London Regiment
from:Sandwich, Kent
(d.5th April 1918)
William Hewett served with C Company, London Irish Rifles.
Cpl. William Henry Hewing
British Army 7th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
My Grandfather, William Hewing was 19 when he went to war in France and was involved in some of the bloodiest and most gruesome battles ever endured by soldiers of the British Army. He was with the infantry in Richelbourge St Vaast in 1915, The Somme in July 1916, Vimy Ridge in winter 1916, part of the attack on Gommecourt later he saw action with the tanks at Ypres, Cambrai, Amiens, Hindenburg Line, Arras, Selle Villers and Bretonneaux.
I have a detailed account of the time he spent in France written by his own hand some years after the war. It is a very moving account which is being printed in the Derby Evening Telegraph on Monday 9th November.
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM.
Pte. James Henry Hewins
British Army 7th Battalion London Regiment
(d.9th Aug 1918)
James Hewins was the son of Charles and Eliza Hewins of The Windmill, Llantwit Major, Cardiff. He is buried in Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France.
L/Cpl. Jesse Hewins
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Plymouth
(d.12th Oct 1916)
Rfmn John Hewish
British Army 2 Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Clerkenwell, EC
Pte John Hewish
British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Clerkenwell
Pte. Thomas William Hewish
British Army 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:Clerkenwell, London
(d.26th Sep 1916)
Thomas Hewish is commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 8 c9a and 16a. This would suggest that his body was not found. His mother claimed his medals in 1920.
Pte. Thomas Hewison
British Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Beamish, Co. Durham
(d.5th Nov 1916)
Tommy Hewison was killed on the 5th of Nov 1916 during the ferocious assault on the Butte de Warlencourt, Somme. He was a 21 year old miner from Beamish, County Durham. Thought to have left the trench to lay a telephone wire. His ID tag was removed after death but his body was subsequently lost to recovery. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing.
David Hewitson
British Army 5th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Dalmellington
100 Gallant Fusiliers repulsed 2000 Turks - Dalmellington man’s war experiences recalled:
"David Hewitson 10 Cathcartson, Dalmellington, has been awarded a prize by a Glasgow Sunday newspaper for a contribution to the paper. Readers were invited to give details of agonising moments in their lives. The story was reproduced in the paper last Sunday in abbreviated form. It was also told to an ‘Advertiser’ representative and is of such interest in a general way and to the Royal Scots Fusiliers in particular that, although it relates to a period over 20 years ago it is well worth giving here. Hewitson was one of those who never smoked cigarettes during the war, nor now for that matter, and he never took the rum ration allowed to troops under certain conditions; he suffered the loss of a leg as a result of one of the simplest incidents. Though unscathed from one of the tightest corners he was ever in. When the war was over he came home to Dalmellington and resumed his employment but had his hand so badly crushed that he could not continue work.
He joined the 5th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers on September 26 1914 landed at Gallipoli in June 1915 and was on Gallipoli till the evacuation when the Battalion went to Egypt.
Egypt reached, the Battalion lay at Kantara and outposts had to be put out and it was when this done that Hewitson experienced perhaps his most agonising moments. He was in A Company which was sent to the outpost of Duiedar in April 1916. There were several redoubts on the sand dunes round Duiedar and there were about 30 men in Hewitsons lot who formed the main redoubt.
One morning there was a particularly heavy mist and as a result the men had an unusually long stand-to. The battalion dog Spot was with the men. Suddenly Spot became restive and commenced to bark. The men became interested in what was the cause of the dog’s tongue but he was told to be quiet. The dog continued restive. However and made to jump out the redoubt in the direction of a big hill which was about half a mile from the redoubt. The mist remained very thick, but the dog’s actions indicated that something was wrong and all nerved up the men skinned their eyes to see what was taking place. Their first indication of anything untoward was when a black mass was seen coming towards them. As Mr Hewitson said ‘it looked like a big black cloud approaching.’ The machine gun was ordered to fire at the mass but still the men were not sure of what the mass was composed of.
Whenever the machine gun commenced firing the mass commenced to disperse. Then the men realised that the mass was Johnny Turk and they opened fire. Apparently the Turks had mistaken the camel lines in which there were about 30 or 40 camels, for the main compound a heavy fire was directed on the camel lines by the Turks. During this fire the men in another redoubt nearer the camel lines than the redoubt in which Hewitson was were all killed or wounded, and this left the 30 men of Hewitson’s company to face the brunt of the attack. They suffered very heavily, and both officers were wounded. Reinforcements had to be sent for to the main camp and these came up under Lieutenant (afterwards Captain)David Paton, Ayr who died recently.
There were very few of the 30 left standing when the reinforcements arrived ultimately the small band of Fusiliers reached the point where their ammunition was nearly exhausted. They then began to fear the worst and Lieutenant Paton (who was a very brave soldier, according to those who soldiered with him) shouted out that the Royal Scots Fusiliers would never be taken prisoners and pulling out a Testament, one of which was carried by nearly every man, said he would put up a short prayer. Just then a British plane, known to the men at Kantara as the Kantara bus arrived overhead and dropped a note. The paper fluttered away a bit from where Hewitson and his companions were, to another redoubt and one of the men had to dash for it under heavy fire. The note was retrieved. It told them to hang on and that more reinforcements were on the way. With their ammunition almost gone, this gave the Fusiliers new hope and heart.
By this time the plane had ascended but came down again at a very low altitude, and trained it’s machine gun on the enemy. That proved to be the turning point. The machine gun fire apparently demoralised the Turks, whose fire became less severe.
Prior to this the Fusiliers had been almost at their last ebb. As men were wounded or killed they dropped their rifles, and their companions after allowing them to lie for a short space of time to cool, picked them up and used them. They could not bear the heat of their own rifles. The whole company, with the reinforcements which had arrived, numbered about 100 and they had repulsed Turks numbering about 2000! The brave band of fusiliers took 87 prisoners and the Turks left 78 dead.
At Elarish, farther on in the desert Hewitson was the witness of an interesting incident. The men were bathing one day, when one of them, idly playing with the sand scooped out a small hole, and being very thirsty, placed some of the wet sand against his lips. When he did so he ejaculated My God, this is fresh water! His comrades could scarcely believe that there was fresh water on the seashore, but tests proved that the finder’s statement was correct. Orders were issued for a well to be dug, and it was sand-bagged all round. The well subsequently formed the main supply for the camp. Mr Hewiston, prior to going to Egypt was twice wounded on Gallipoli and later sustained a wound while crossing the river Auja, in front of Jaffa, which resulted in his losing a leg.
After the war, he returned to Dalmellington, and commenced work with the Dalmellington Iron Company, but a year past in February, he sustained, in Pennyvennie mine, the hurt to his hand which in-capacitated him. And he is now in receipt of compensation." Printed in the Ayr Advertiser 24th of June 1937.
Capt. Hewitt
British Army No. 46 Stationary Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps
Sister. Hewitt
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 16 Stationary Hospital
Rflmn. Hewitt
British Army 11th Btn., C Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
Pte. Albert Victor Hewitt
British Army 9th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Battersea, London
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Albert Hewitt was my Granddad's older brother. He never mentioned him to me. I think people rarely spoke of those lost. Too painful. I found a box of precious memories which contained Albert's posthumous medals and a letter to his sister detailing what happened to Albert (very poignant as all such letters are) after my Granddad died and became determined to ensure that it came to me and I would look after these things.
I don't know much more about him, he was only 18, though I've worked out he must have died at Flers-Corcelette. I can't so far find any evidence of any kind of grave marker for him (I know his name isn't on the Thiepval memorial), but I've barely begun that search. I plan to get his name carved somewhere if it isn't. It's one hundred years ago today that he died and I thought I'd make a page on FaceBook to commemorate him and put up photos of the few records of his life that I have.
Pte. Alfred Edward Hewitt
British Army 71st Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:22, Kenilworth Avenue, Hoe St., Walthamstow, London.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Major C. J. Hewitt
British Army Supply and Transport Corps Army Service Corps
(d.21st July 1921)
Major Hewitt was 60 when he died and is buried in the Sanjauli Cemetery in India.
Pte. Charles Richard Hewitt
British Army 10th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Shipley, West Yorkshire
Charles Richard Hewitt was my great-grandfather. He was born in Hull in the East Riding in 1875, and moved with his wife and son to Shipley, in the West Riding, probably to find work in the woollen mills. We believe that he lied about his age when he volunteered. He would have been 39 in August 1914, but told the army he was 35. It is possible that he underwent some of his early training at Green Lane Barracks in Shipley. He spoke of service near Poperinge, and on the Somme. We believe that he may have been wounded there, a knee injury. Part of his recovery took place at a hospital in Hampshire. He was discharged from service in January 1918. The cause given was "wounds". He was awarded a Silver War Badge and the record gives his age at discharge as 38 and 6/12, thus supporting our belief that he had fudged on his age. For the rest of his life, he wore shoes with a special spring in the heel which allowed him to walk normally.
2nd Lt. Dennis George Wyldbore Hewitt VC.
British Army 2nd Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Hursley, Winchester
(d.31st Jul 1917)
2nd.Lt Denis Hewittserved with the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment during WW1 and died on the 31st July 1917, Age: 19. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium. He was the son of the late Hon. George Hewitt and the Hon. Mrs. G. Hewitt, of Field House, Hursley, Winchester.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 30284, dated 14th Sept., 1917, records the following:- For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty when in command of a company in attack. When his first objective had been captured he reorganized the company and moved forward towards his objective. While waiting for the barrage to lift, he was hit by a piece of shell, which exploded the signal lights in his haversack and set fire to his equipment and clothes. Having extinguished the flames, in spite of his wound and the severe pain he was suffering, he led forward the remains of the company under very heavy machine gun fire, and captured and consolidated his objective. He was subsequently killed by a sniper while inspecting the consolidation and encouraging his men. This gallant officer set a magnificent example of coolness and contempt of danger to the whole battalion, and it was due to his splendid leading that the final objective of his battalion was gained.
Pte. George Samuel Hewitt
British Army 7th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment
from:30 Rollo St. Battersea
My grandfather, George Hewitt served on the Western Front with 7th Northamptonshire Regiment. He was hospitalised for 2 years with neurasthenia or shell shock. He took the life of a young German man to save his own, an act he never forgot and regretted all his life. He died, aged 68 years, in April 1968.
Pte. James Hewitt
British Army 2nd Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
(d.19th Aug 1915)
James Hewitt age 19, died on 19th August 1915, whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He had formerly served with the Durham Light infantry. He was born in Jarrow in 1896 and lived and enlisted in teh town. He was the son of Margaret Sawyer (formerly Hewitt) of 14 Pearson Place Jarrow. James is buried in Carnoy Military Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Gnr. John Hewitt
British Army 163rd Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Orleans, Aycliffe
Pte. John William Hewitt
British Army 2nd Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Henley on Thames, Oxon
John Hewitt was my paternal grandfather. He was born on 10th of September 1891 in County Cork, Ireland. He was the son of a professional soldier posted to Ireland to maintain order. His father died in June 1900 in Blomfonteine, South Africa during the Boer War. As a result of this, John with his siblings and mother were brought back to England. I have no further information concerning his life before and during WW1. He returned to England and worked as a postman in Henley on Thames until his death in 1962.
L/Sgt. John Hewitt
British Army 6th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Moira Co Down N Ireland
(d.8th Nov 1918)
Pte. Joshua Hewitt
British Army 1st Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borders
from:Ilkeston, Derbyshire
(d.30th Nov 1917)
Joshua Hewitt's name is on the cenotaph in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, our great uncle.
Gnr. Thomas Hewitt
British Army 57th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Jarrow
(d.30th Mar 1917)
Thomas Hewitt served with 57th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, he was aged 26 when he died on 30th March 1917. Born in Newcastle in 1890 he was the son of Catherine and the late Thomas Hewitt of 352 Alice Street South Shields. On the 1911 census Thomas Hewitt age 20 is recorded as a Sawyer in Sawmills, living with his parents Thomas and Catherine Hewitt and family at 19 South Frederick Street, South Shields.
Thomas is buried in Maroeuil British Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
Maj. William Henry Hewitt VC.
South African Forces 2nd South African Light Infantry
from:South Africa
William Henry Hewitt was 33 years old, a lance-corporal in the 2nd South African Light Infantry, when he was awarded the VC.
"On 20th September 1917 east of Ypres, Belgium, Lance-Corporal Hewitt attacked a pill-box with his section and tried to rush the doorway. The garrison, however, proved very stubborn and in the attempt the lance-corporal received a severe wound. Nevertheless he proceeded to the loophole of the pill-box where, in his attempts to put a bomb in it, he was again wounded in the arm. Undeterred, he finally managed to get the bomb inside where it dislodged the occupants and they were successfully dealt with by the rest of the section."
Pte. Walter Hewkin
British Army 8th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:57 Queens Rd, Hodthorpe
(d.10th June 1917)
Walter Hewkin was killed in action 10th June 1917. He has no known grave, but is commemorated on Menin Gate Memorial.
Sgt. William Hewlett
British Army 6th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
William Hewlett served with as a Signaller with the 6th Service Battalion (Prince Albert's) Somerset Light Infantry. Clearing my late mothers home we found a photo taken at Aldershot April 1915
Gnr. Robert William Hewlitt
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:27 Church Street, Ockbrook, Derbyshire
William Hewlitt was a qualified Gunlayer.
Pte. Harry Hewson
British Army 36th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
My great uncle Harry Hewson joined the 35th Btn of the Northumberland Fusiliers during WW1 and was later transferred to the 36th Btn. He had previously served in The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry before joining the Northumberland Fusiliers. He must have ended the war in the Northumberland Fusiliers as this is stated on his war medals.
Pte. George Leonard Hey
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regment
from:Walthamstow, London
(d.25th Sept 1915)
George Hey served with the 2nd Battalion Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment.
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