Joseph Hewitt

Remembered with Honour in the Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium.British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal.

Joseph Hewitt.

Personal Details:

Born in Shocklach in 1896.

Eldest son of David and Edith Hewitt of Bradley Brook, Malpas.

The 1911 Census  records Joseph as a general farm lad working on Whalebone Farm, Willington, Malpas.

The December 1918 Malpas Deanery Magazine records:  "Joseph Hewitt recently lived in Tushingham parish" but as boy attended Malpas School.

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Military Details:

Regiment:           15th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment;                                                                       (Previously SN. 223555 Labour Corps.)

Rank:                 Private.

Serial Number:   19241.

When Joseph enlisted on 11th December 1915 in Chester, he recorded his trade as a Cowman.

His military effects on death were listed as £13 2s 3p

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Record of Death:

Killed in action in Belgium 14th October 1918. Aged 22.

Buried in Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium. IV. D. 29.

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Medals and Awards:

Joseph was awarded the Campaign Medals (British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal).

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Further Information:

The 1901 Census records Joseph (aged 5) living in Shocklach with his parents, sister Annie (aged 2) and his stepbrother William Fairbrother (aged 6).