BORN SUTTON 1889. SON OF GEORGE HEWITSON (1853-1925) & ANNIE ELIZABETH TURNER OF 56 THE GROVES, JENNINGS STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. A COOPER BY TRADE. HE ENLISTED IN LINCOLN, ON 26/08/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES, 135 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, AND BROWN HAIR.. JOINED THE 6TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. TRAINED AT GRANTHAM AND FRENSHAM. LEFT FOR THE DARDENELLES, ON 01/07/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 21/08/1915, AGED 25. HED HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 361 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WHO MOVED TO 11 CHURCH ROW, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.
HIS FOUR BROTHERS ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR.
First name:
JAMES EDWIN
Regiment:
Military Number:
10611
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
25
56 GROVES, JENNINGS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
