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Charlie Hamond Hewett
Information about birth
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Year of birth: 1897 |
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Place of birth: Margate, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
Army information
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Country: England, United Kingdom |
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Force: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Driver |
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Service number: 169023 |
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Enlistment place: Ramsgate, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
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Units: — Royal Field Artillery, 84th Ammunition Col. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 15/10/1917 |
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Place of death: Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.) |
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Age: 20 |
Cemetery
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Duhallow A.D.S. cemetery Plot: I Row: E Grave: 15 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 2
| #1 | Place of birth | ||
| #2 | Enlistment place |
My story
Driver Charles Hamond Hewett was part of the 84th Brigade Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery. The Brigade Ammunition Column left on 17 May 1916 to merge with others in the divisional artillery to form the 18th Divisional Ammunition Column. In the war diary of the 18th Divisional Ammunition Column is mentioned that on 15 October 1917 two L.D. are wounded. We presume that Driver Hamond was one of them and was wounded while taking ammunition up to the front. The 84the Brigade R.F.A. was situated south-east of Boesinge which would explain why he was taken to the Duhallow Advanced Dressing Station. Here he succumb of his wounds and was buried at the Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery.
Sources 5
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Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ Sources used |
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CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2936162/hewett,-charlie-hamond/ Sources used |
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The Long Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Sources used |
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War Diary 18th Divisional Ammunition Collumn http://www.nmarchive.com/ Sources used |
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War Diary 84th Brigade R.F.A. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources used |