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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.