Lieutenant John Henry BLEWITT

Lieutenant (Adjutant) John H. Blewitt (formerly Dawson), 53^rd Sikh Regiment

Died in Mesopotamia, 22 Apr 1917 aged 19

• Named on the Basra (Iraq) Memorial
• Mentioned in Despatches
• Son of Blanche Blewitt, stepson of Archibald Blewitt
• NNWFHS Memorials: Coleshill, Coleshill G.S.

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC page for Lt. Blewitt
• Basra Memorial
• NNWFHS Coleshill War Memorial Page
• Sikh Regiments

Census and Family Information

• Born 1898 Boscombe
• Sherborne Cottage, Coleshill [1911 census]
• Educated Coleshill GS and King Edward’s School, Birmingham
• Attended Staff College, Quetta India, Dec 1915