BORN HULL 1897. SON OF WILLIAM & ADA ANN JEWITT, 2 CHURCH ROW, CLEVELAND STREET, HULL. WORKED AS A NEWS BOY. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/07/1916, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ADA.
BURIED AT LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, YPRES. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “TILL WE MEET AGAIN FATHER, MOTHER BROTHERS & SISTER”
NB: ERNEST JEWITT – 3 RAILWAY HOUSES, LONDESBORO’ STREET, HULL
First name:
JOHN JAMES
Military Number:
1890
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/07/1916
Place died:
La Laiterie Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
