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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM GEORGE HEWITT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 October 1914

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE

V. C. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Hon. William and Mrs. Hewitt, of St. Colme House, Aberdour, Fife. His brother, Lieut. J.F. Hewitt also fell.
  • Personal Inscription I THANK MY GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

VIEILLE-CHAPELLE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, LACOUTURE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 994
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