HEWITT G S

HEWITT, George Summer

Regiment: 7 Bn Cheshire Regiment

Rank: Lance Sergeant

Died: 12 April 1944

Aged: 25

Buried/ Memorial: Beach Head Cemetery Anzio, Italy

Address: 36 Hewitt Street, Hoole

Chester Chronicle 29 April 1944

HOOLE SERGEANT KILLED IN ACTION

“News has been received that L/Sgt. G.S. Hewitt has been killed in action while serving with the Central Mediterranean Forces. He was the second son of Mr and Mrs G. E. Hewitt, 36 Hewitt Street Hoole, Chester. He joined up before the outbreak of the war, served in France, and took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk. Later he went to India and then took part in the landings in Sicily and Italy. He was educated at Hoole and Newton School and the Chester College School. Since boyhood he has been a chorister at Holy Trinity Parish Church.”