209625 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."
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