HEWITT, Denis Story
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Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Nottinghamshire County Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Service Number:
14241767
Born:
Tuesday, August 14, 1917
Died:
1991
Lance Sergeant Denis Hewitt, 6 Troop, was wounded in France on the 15th August 1944.
Denis was a Police Constable residing at West Bridgford who volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 as part of the 2nd Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre). Discharged from military service 23 August 1945. Re-joined the Police and in 1967 was Chief Inspector at the County Police Station, Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts. Member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/81.
The 1939 Register covering West Bridgford.
WW2 Medal Cards Index.
Commando Association newsletter 45 issued Sept. 1967.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 93 issued Sept. 1991.
Deaths registered in Mansfield Notts in 1991.
[Image] Published in the Nottingham Evening Post 06 September 1943.
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