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• Name HEWITT
• Initials EJ
• First name EDWIN JOHN
• Place of birth Lower Heyford
• Country Northamptonshire, England
• Family Son of Edwin and Mary Hewitt; three brothers: William, Walter and Abraham; two sisters, Ada and Maggie;
  Husband of Laura Wright; one son, Reggie;
• Profession Labourer with Excelsior Stone Works
• Extra info His name on the headstone (Hewett) is spelt wrong;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Kettering
• Service number 17381
• Rank Private
• Medals British war victory medal 1914-15 star
• Regiment and unit 7th Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
• Division - Brigade 73rd Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 24th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career To France in August 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds to the abdomen and chest, n°17 CCS
• Date of death 14 March 1916
• Died at the age of 30
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery V - C - 13

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