Dennis George Wyldbore Hewitt

Dennis George Wyldbore Hewitt
Memorial plaque in All Saints' Church, Hursley
Born	18 December 1897 Mayfair, London
Died	31 July 1917 (aged 19) St Julien, Belgium
Buried at	Remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Unit	The Hampshire Regiment
Battles/wars	World War I †
Awards	Victoria Cross

Dennis George Wyldbore Hewitt VC (18 December 1897 - 31 July 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

He was 19 years old, and a Second Lieutenant in the 14th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (later The Royal Hampshire Regiment), British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 31 July 1917 north-east of Ypres, Belgium, when his first objective had been captured, Second Lieutenant Hewitt reorganised his company and moved forward. Whilst waiting for the barrage to lift, he was hit by a piece of shell which exploded the signal lights in his haversack and set fire to his equipment and clothes. He extinguished the flames and then, despite his wound and severe pain, he led forward the remnants of the company under a very heavy machine-gun fire and captured and consolidated his objective. He was subsequently killed by a sniper while inspecting the consolidation and encouraging his men.^[1]

References

1. ^ CWGC entry

• Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
• The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
• VCs of the First World War - Passchendaele 1917 (Stephen Snelling, 1998)
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Persondata
Name	Hewitt, Dennis George Wyldbore
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	18 December 1897
Place of birth	Mayfair, London
Date of death	1918
Place of death	St Julien, Belgium

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