Lance Corporal Albert Hewitt

Army Number : 21181

Battalion : 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Whittington Moor, Derbyshire and lived at Old Whittington. Son of Jacob and Sarah Hewitt, of Newbold, Debryshire. Husband of Minnie Hewitt, of 2 New Bridge Terrace, Old Whittington. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was killed in action, 10th August 1916, whilst serving in the line near Bernafay Wood, France, during the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Lance Corporal Albert Hewitt is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
Old Whittington War Memorial, Old Whittington, Derbyshire.