BARTON, Hewett Edward

Bethune Town Cemetery, FranceCredit: CWGC

Lance Corporal
2nd Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Hewett was born 1887 in Newport to Frank Charles & Mary Ann (nee SMITH) BARTON of 31 Sidney Terrace, Hunnyhill. He had previously lived in Carisbrooke Road & Clifford Street, Newport.

Hewett, aged 29, was Killed in Action on the 21st August 1916 & is buried in Section V Row H Grave 37 at the Bethune Town Cemetery, France with over 3,000 of his comrades.

For much of the First World War, Bethune was comparatively free from bombardment & remained an important railway & hospital centre, as well as a corps & divisional headquarters. The 33rd Casualty Clearing Station was in the town until December 1917.

Hewett is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.