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Private WILLIAM HEWITT

Service Number: 5049734
Regiment & Unit/Ship

North Staffordshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 10 May 1940 and 04 June 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY

IV. AA. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Ellen Hewitt, of Everton, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription SOME MAY FORGET YOU, BILL, NOW YOU ARE GONE BUT WE WILL REMEMBER YOU, NO MATTER HOW LONG

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Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1238
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