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Gnr. Thomas Hewitt
British Army 57th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Jarrow
(d.30th Mar 1917)
Thomas Hewitt served with 57th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, he was aged 26 when he died on 30th March 1917.
Born in Newcastle in 1890 he was the son of Catherine and the late Thomas Hewitt of 352 Alice Street South Shields. On the 1911 census Thomas Hewitt age 20 is recorded as a Sawyer in Sawmills, living with his parents Thomas and Catherine Hewitt and family at 19 South Frederick Street, South Shields.
Thomas is buried in Maroeuil British Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.