We remember Richard John Philip Hewetson

We remember Richard John Philip Hewetson

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Timeline

Timeline

1893
birth Aston, Warwickshire United Kingdom Source:8475511 14th August 1893
1897
sibling Kathleen Ruth L'estrange Hewetson Source:8475511 21st July 1897
1911
education Repton School Repton, Derbyshire United Kingdom Source:8475511 2nd April 1911
1912
education Oriel College Oxford United Kingdom Source:8475511 1912
1914
commission Regular Source:8475511 15th August 1914
1914
enlistment Felixstowe, Suffolk United Kingdom Source:8475511 15th August 1914
1915
theatres Western Europe :1 Source:8475511 4th June 1915 - September 1915
1915
hospitalisation Gun Shot wounds of left arm and hand Hospital/Institution Source:8475511 25th September 1915 - April 1916
1917
theatres Western Europe :1 Source:8475511 16th March 1917 - 3rd July 1918
1918
internment pow Beaurieux France Source:8475511 27th May 1918 - 3rd July 1918
service British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Source:1848035
service British Army Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Source:1848035
1918
death Died of wounds Severely wounded in the leg 27 May (Battle of the Aisne 1918) Delay in treatment resulted in Gas Gangrene. Leg amputated. He then contracted Typhoid & died 6pm 3 July 1918. Beaurieux, Aisne France Source:8475511 3rd July 1918
burial Beaurieux Cemetery Source:8475511

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Richard John Philip
Initials RJP
Last Name Hewetson
Source 8475511
First Names Philip
Initials P
Last Name Hewetson
Source 8475511
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Second Lieutenant
British Army Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Captain
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Susan Kathleen Hewetson, nee Burges mother
Reverend William Hewetson M.A. father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Kathleen Ruth L'estrange Hewetson sister 21st July 1897
Religion
DateReligionSource
1914 Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

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Multimedia

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Obituary etc. Cynthia60869
Salhouse War Memorial, Norfolk Cynthia60869
Salhouse War Memorial, Norfolk Cynthia60869
Book: The 1stWW letters of Philip & Ruth Hewetson Cynthia60869
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