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Name: HEWITT, William Henry VC (Major)

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Birth Date: 19 June 1884 Copdock, Suffolk

Death Date: 7 Dec 1966 Cheltenham

First Date: 1930

Profession: Planter

Area: Aintree Farm, Kahawa, Kakamega, Mombasa, Box 338 Nairobi, Box 1221 Nairobi

Married: Lily Ollett b. 17.8.1894 Hackney, d. 5 Jan 1974 Hermanus, W. Cape, S. Africa

Children: Diana Violet (1921-1922); Pamela Margaret (3 Feb 1925 Kenya-2011); Jill Patricia (1926 Kenya-19 June 2017 Melbourne, Australia); Barbara Mary (5 June 1932-2019)

Book Reference: Red 31, Hut, Legion

War Service: Ypres 1917, 2nd South African Infantry and Botha's Horse, Major 1914-19, joined Kenya British Legion in 1935

School: Framlingham College

General Information:

Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Kiambu Voters Roll
South African Memorial, Delville Wood, Somme
Wikipedia: On 20 September 1917 east of Ypres, Belgium, Lance-Corporal Hewitt attacked a pill-box with his section and tried to rush the doorway. The garrison, however, proved very stubborn and in the attempt the lance-corporal received a severe wound. Nevertheless, he proceeded to the loophole of the pill-box where, in his attempts to put a bomb in it, he was again wounded in the arm. Undeterred, he finally managed to get the bomb inside where it dislodged the occupants and they were successfully dealt with by the rest of the section.

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