Person    | Male  Born 18/12/1897  Died 31/7/1917

Dennis Hewitt, VC

War dead, WW1 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW1.

Soldier. Born Dennis George Wyldbore Hewitt. He was a second lieutenant in the 14th Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment. At Pilckem Ridge north-east of Ypres, Belgium, he was hit by a piece of shell which exploded the signal lights in his haversack and set fire to his equipment and clothes. Although in severe pain, he led forward his company under very heavy machine-gun fire and captured the gun, but was subsequently killed by a sniper. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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