University of Oxford
Browse

53661: Photograph of the Hewetts

Download (61.61 kB)
online resource
posted on 2024-02-23, 14:02 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

My father (Pte Sidney Frank Hewett) was in the 47th (London) Division and my uncle (AB Herbert George Hewett) was in the Royal Naval Reserves. My aunt (Lilian Ester Hewett) was a Red Cross nurse. They all survived the war. My father became a civil servant, my uncle joined the river police and my aunt became assistant matron at St Alphage's Hospital, Greenwich.

Editor's Comment:
Rifleman 684333 Sidney Frank Hewett, London Regiment (according to the medal card held by the National Archives), shown here with the ribbon of the Military Medal. He served in one of the Queens battalions (22nd or 24th London Regiment), judging by his cap badge in the second submitted photograph, but these were infantry of the line battalions rather than rifles, which suggests he transferred (perhaps to the 21st Battalion, First Surrey Rifles) prior to the medal card being filled out. The award of his military medal cannot be traced in the London Gazette. Able Seaman 219186 Herbert George Hewett (no medal card). Sister Lilian Ester Hewett (no medal card).

History

Identifier

3764.jpg| GWA_2084_IMG_0434p.jpg|

Subject

Hewett, Sidney Frank; Hewett,, Herbert George; Hewett, Lilian Ester

Date

1915

Date Created

01/01/1915

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1915

Source

Photograph

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Christine I. Peel

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

Usage metrics

    Great War Archive

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC