Can anyone help ??.... Searching for info on the above who was with the Army Catering Corps but attached to the Royal Artillery. He died on 23rd Feb 1945 and is buried at St Ives Church Cemetery, Cambridgeshire. His parents were Harry & Maud Hewitt......and that's all I know. I am piecing together some WWII details for out local RBL (I'm a Committee Member) Mike Robinson
UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 Name: Arthur Hewitt Given Initials: A H Rank: Private Death Date: 23 Feb 1945 Number: 5831794 Birth Place: Suffolk Residence: Huntingdonshire Branch at Enlistment: Other Corps Theatre of War: United Kingdom Regiment at Death: Army Catering Corps Branch at Death: Other Corps England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 Name: Arthur Harry Hewitt Death Date: 23 Feb 1945 Death Place: Huntingdonshire, Huntingdon, England Probate Date: 1 Aug 1945 Probate Registry: Peterborough UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current Name: Pvt Arthur Hewitt Death Date: 23 Feb 1945 Cemetery: St Ives Public Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: St Ives, Huntingdonshire District, Cambridgeshire, England Has Bio?: Y https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160564016 This might also be him - not sure died in 1945 aged 31 would mean born 1914ish 1939 England and Wales Register Name: Arthur H Hewitt Gender: Male Marital status: Single Birth Date: 18 Jan 1914 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 6 Burleigh Terrace Residence Place: St Ives, Huntingdonshire, England Occupation: Bus Conductor Schedule Number: 155 Sub Schedule Number: 3 Enumeration District: TEEC Registration district: 172/3 Inferred Father: Harry Hewitt Inferred Mother: Maud Hewitt I would suggest obtaining a copy of his service records - the forms are available on this link Request records of deceased service personnel you wont need a death certificate as he is CWGC database, but need to add to details to/with the form It may help to search local papers as they may detail how he died. TD
1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION Hewitt Household (5 People) 6 Burleigh Terrace, St Ives M.B., Huntingdonshire NAME - DOB - OCCUPATION Harry Hewitt - 09 Nov 1886 - Baker Maud Hewitt -12 Aug 1888 - Unpaid Domestic House Duties Arthur H Hewitt -18 Jan 1914 - Bus Conductor Lilian M North (Hewitt) - 24 Aug 1918 - Unpaid Domestic House Duties Walter W Hewitt - 31 Mar 1891 - Incapacitated BIRTHS NAME - MMN - DISTRICT - QUARTER HEWITT, Arthur H - Wells - Mildenhall Mar 1914 Hewitt, Lilian M - Wells - Mildenhall - Sep 1918