222016 Pte. Fred Blewitt British Army 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment from:Newlyn, Cornwall (d.22nd April 1918) Fred Blewitt is my grandmother's young brother who was only 18 yrs old when he died. I didn't know whose relation he was until I looked up his death record on Ancestry.com.
Where I was also told that he is named on the Loos-en-Gohelle Memorial, and I having looked this up; it is supposed to name the dead who could not be identified. But also he is buried at the Cambrin Military Cemetery not far from Bethune where the Hampshire Regiment where fighting in 1918.
There is also another conflicting facts, on a note given to my Gran showing where he is buried. It states that he was in the 10th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Where as the death scroll that I have states he was in the Hampshire's and his Reg No was 230188, where on Ancestry it has his Reg no as 44315.
It looks as if I will have to pay a visit to Kew to find out if they were two different people.
Editor's Note: The information you have does relate to two individuals: Private 44315 Fred Blewitt of the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, was aged 18 when he died on 22nd of April 1918, he is remembered on the Loos Memorial his remains not being recovered from the battlefield. He was the brother of Mr. R. A. Blewett, of 18, Gworus St., Penzance.
Private 230188 Frederick Blewitt was a territorial with the 1st Shropshire Yeomanry, he went to France on the 16th of June 1915. Whilst serving with the 10th Btn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry, he died on the 9th of November 1918 whilst being treated at 54th Casualty Clearing Station and is buried at Cambrin. He lived in Preston Brockhurst and had enlisted in Lichfield. His father's name was Thomas.
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