Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookOct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; was wounded in the assault on Lone Pine Hill, 6 Aug. 1915, and died of wounds on the hospital ship Delta, on the 9th; _unm._ Buried at sea. [Illustration: =Edward Edgar Herring.=] =HESTER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Chief Sick Berth Steward, 350550, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HETHERINGTON, JOHN ROBERT=, Private, No. 10176, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Joseph Hetherington, of 49, Ancrum Street, Spital Tongues, Newcastle-on-Tyne, by his wife, Frances, dau. of William Pallan; _b._ Spital Tongues aforesaid, 5 May. 1896; educ. Newcastle Council School; enlisted 5 June, 1913; went to the Front 8 Oct. 1914, and was reported missing after the fighting at Givenchy, 25 Jan. 1915. Confirmation of his death was received in June, when Sergt. F. Millman reported that he had been by his side when he was mortally wounded and added, "he was a fine type of manhood and a credit to the regt." He was _unm._ [Illustration: =John Robert Hetherington.=] =HEWETSON, GEORGE HAYTON=, Chaplain, R.N., elder _s._ of the late Rev. John Hewetson, Vicar of Chadworth, by his wife, Isabella (Dromore, Putney, S.W.), dau. of the Rev. George Henry Heslop; _b._ Chester, 26 Jan. 1877; educ. Bradfield and Worcester College, Oxford; entered the Royal Navy, 1 Aug. 1906, and was Chaplain H.M.S. Britannia, H.M.S. Minotaur, the Flagship of the China Squadron, Feb. 1910-12, and to the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, 1912 to July, 1914; appointed to H.M.S. Bulwark, 29 July, 1914; lost when that ship was blown up at Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at High Harrogate, 3 Feb. 1914, Lilian Mary (The Vicarage, High Harrogate), dau. of the Rev. Douglas Sherwood Guy, Vicar of Christchurch, High Harrogate, and had a dau., Mary Hayton, _b._ 10 Jan. 1915. =HEWETT, JOHN EDWARD=, Private, No. 862. 1st/5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade), The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the late George Hulbert Hewett, of 61, Rathcoole Gardens, Hornsey, N., a Mercantile Clerk in the employ of the British India Steamship Navigation Co., by his wife, Olivia, dau. of William Clarke; _b._ Highbury, N., 15 Jan. 1894; educ. Hornsey County School, enlisted 9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 28 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried near Fortuin. [Illustration: =John Edward Hewett.=] =HEWITT, ERNEST HENRY=, Lieut., 1/4th Battn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of James Henry Hewitt, of Altamont, Bangor, co. Down, Ireland; _b._ Belfast, 5 Nov. 1885; educ. Bangor Grammar School; St. Jude's School, Belfast; and the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast; was a member of the Queen's University Officers Training Corps, and Vice-Capt. of the North of Ireland Rugby Football Club; offered his services to the War Office the day after war was declared; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 22 Aug. 1914; and Lieut. 1 Dec. 1914; went to France with his Battn. in April, 1915; took part in the attack on the enemy near Festubert, on the night of 15 June, 1915; was seen to fall on his left side, apparently mortally wounded, while heroically leading his men between the second and third German trenches, and not heard of since. He is officially reported missing. His Commanding officer wrote: "Lieut. Hewitt since he joined us has become the most popular officer in the Battn. He was a splendid soldier." He was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French [London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. [Illustration: =Ernest Henry Hewitt.=] =HEWITT, JAMES FRANCIS=, Lieut., 1st Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), eldest _s._ of the Hon. William James Hewitt, of St. Colme House, Aberdour, Fife [s. of 6th James, 4th Viscount Lifford], by his wife Evelyn Frances, yst. dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Francis Carey; _b._ Gatehouse-of-Fleet, co. Kirkcudbright, 22 Jan. 1888; educ. Winton House, Winchester and Haileybury College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the 3rd Battn. to the 1st Cameronians, 26 Feb. 1908, and promoted Lieut., 12 March, 1910; went to France, 26 Aug., and was killed in action at La Boutillerie during the first Battle of Ypres, 26 Oct. 1914, and was buried there; _unm._ His Colonel wrote: "We have lost one of our very best officers and most lovable of comrades. He was always so capable and keen at all work and sport." [Illustration: =James Francis Hewitt.=] =HEWITT, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8192, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HEWITT, WILLIAM GEORGE=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of the Hon. William James Hewitt, of St. Colme House, Aberdour, Fife [6th s. of James, 4th Viscount Lifford], by his wife Evelyn Frances, yst. dau. of Lieut.-Gen. Francis Carey: _b._ Gatehouse-of-Fleet, co. Kirkcudbright, 7 June, 1892; educ. Edinburgh Academy and Christ Church, Oxford; gazetted from the Officer's Training Corps to the 3rd Royal Scots, 7 Aug. 1914; went to France, 27 Sept. and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle during the 1st Battle of Ypres, 13 Oct. 1914, while helping a wounded soldier; _unm._ Whilst at Christ Church he ran with the beagles, and eventually became 1st Whip; he was also a member of the "Loders Club," and interested himself keenly in all sport. Of him it was said: "He was most charming in manner, and it was always a pleasure to be with him; he has died nobly, and in his short time has lived a simple, straight life." His eldest brother, Lieut. J. F. Hewitt, was killed in action, 26 Oct. 1914 (see his notice). [Illustration: =William George Hewitt.=] =HEWLETT, WILFRED ARTHUR=, Chief Electrical Artificer, 2nd Class, 345053, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HEYS, ARTHUR=, Petty Officer, 189420, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HEYWORTH, HEYWORTH POTTER LAWRENCE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. (98th) North Staffordshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Col. Lawrence Heyworth, Commanding 3rd Welsh Regt., by his wife, Rosina Kate (Colne Priory, Earl's Colne), dau. of John Baskerville Mortimer, and grandson of Lawrence Heyworth, of Yewtree, Liverpool, J.P., M.P. for Derby, &c.; _b._ Wain Vaur, Risca, co. Monmouth, 20 Nov. 1877; educ. Aysgarth, Harrow, and Trinity College, Cambridge; received a commission in the 3rd South Wales Borderers (Militia), 1899, and was gazetted to the 2nd North Staffordshire Regt., 21 April, 1900, and promoted Lieut., 7 Jan. 1901, and Capt., 11 Sept. 1908. He served in the South African War, 1900-1902, taking part in the operations in the Orange Free State and in the Transvaal and Cape Colony, and received the Queen's medal with three clasps and the King's with two clasps. He went to India with his regiment in 1903, being stationed at Umballa, Multan and Peshawar, and was Master of the Peshawar Vale Hounds, 1911-12. In 1913 he returned to England on sick leave and retired on half-pay (21 Sept.), but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, rejoined his old regt. and was appoi |