Private 41749 Edward James HEWITT

Private 41749 Edwards James Hewitt{gallery}Pte E J Hewitt{/gallery}1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 11th April 1918, aged 23

• Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 140 & 141
  
• Awarded [1915 Star?] British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Steele Hewitt of The Post Office, Minworth
• NNWFHS Memorial: Minworth
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Hewitt
• NNWFHS Minworth War Memorial Page
• Tyne Cot Memorial
• Royal Irish Fusiliers

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1895 at Stoneleigh
• Lived at The Post Office, The Green, Minworth [1901, 1911 and 1915]
• Employed assisting in the post office [1911]
  
• Employed as a baker [1915]
• Enlisted 21 Jan 1915 at Aldershot. Arrived in France July 1915