BORN SHIPLEY 03/05/1885. SON OF FREDERICK HEWITT (1852-1929) & ELLEN COWMAN (1855-1930), OF 4 AITKENS ENTRY, MYTON GATE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AS A CANAL BOATMAN (1911 CENSUS)
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4 EAST YORKSHIRE TERRITORIALS. WENT TO FRANCE ON 24TH OCTOBER 1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 09/02/1916, AGED 31.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 17TH FEBRUARY 1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
NB: FRED HEWITT, 1ST BEDFORDS, 2 SOMERSET TERRACE, GILLETT STREET.
First name:
EDWARD
Military Number:
3895
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/02/1916
Place died:
Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
31
4 AITKENS ENTRY, MYTON GATE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
