HEWSON, William Bertram
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X.2397
Born:
Friday, September 26, 1919
Birthplace:
Portsmouth
Died :
Friday, January 1, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine William Hewson was reported missing presumed died with the rest of 'T' Company 40RM Commando when the ship they were on board, HMS Fidelity, was torpedoed. Son of George T. and Amelia A. Hewson, of Eastney, Hampshire.
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM/104/132.
Birth registrations - Portsmouth Oct, Nov, Dec.1919.
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