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Lance Corporal RICHARD HEWETT

Service Number: 593262
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

2nd/18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 May 1918

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY

K. 14.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles James and Mary Anne Hewett, of 27, Medina Villas, Hove, Brighton. Also served in German West Africa with the South African Engineers.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HONOUR OUR DEAR DICK
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Buried or commemorated at

JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 2540
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