HEWITT, John Lionel

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6353387
Died : 
Wednesday, July 14, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
21
Cemetery/Memorial: 

Private John Hewitt died during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). Son of James and Nellie Hewitt, of Sparkbrook, Birmingham.

Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.

Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
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