Private 62857 John Edward Hewitt
Regiment/Unit: Machine Gun Corps - 33rd Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 4277, S Lancs R.
Age at death: 19
Date of death: 16th of August 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial - Panel 154 to 159 and 163A.
Census details:
1901 - 3 years old John E is living at 33 Mossbank Road, St Helens with parents Henry (34), Alice G (35) and two siblings: Grace (11), Hilda A (9 Mths). 1911 - Sees 13 years old schoolboy John E living at 83 Windleshaw Road, St Helens with widowed mother Alice Grace (45) and two siblings: Sarah Grace (21), Hilda Alice (10). Boarding at the address is Florence Annie Spencer (29).
Notes:
Age taken from headstone.
Age taken from headstone.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Hewitt_JE_MGC.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
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[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/62857HewittJE2.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Private John Edward Hewitt at St Helens Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/JE_Hewitt_MGC.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private John Edward Hewitt on the Tyne Cot Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
