Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Second Lieutenant H. St J. Hewitt, 5th London Regiment (The London Rifle Brigade), who was killed in action at Tilloy in July 1918

British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. H. St J. Hewitt) in their damaged named card boxes of issue, extremely fine (2) £60-£80

Humphrey St John Hewitt was born in 1893 in Bridport, Dorset. He was employed by Lloyds Bank in Lyme Regis, possibly working for his father who was, according to the 1911 Census, a bank manager. He enlisted into the 5th London Regiment and served in France from 16 January till 22 October, 1916, reaching the rank of Lance Corporal. Following a long spell away from the front he was commissioned in January 1918 as a Second Lieutenant in his regiment and returned to his battalion in France. He was killed in action at Tilloy, France, on 9 July 1918, and is buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension. Sold with copied m.i.c. and portrait photograph from Lloyds Bank Memorial book.