Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Private G. Hewitt, Royal Sussex Regiment and Labour Corps
British War and Victory Medals (315702 Pte. G. Hewitt. R. Suss. R.) in damaged card box of issue, with outer transmittal envelope addressed to ‘Mr. G. Hewitt, 5 Victoria Rd., Victoria Drive, Eastbourne’, nearly extremely fine

Five: Gunner S. G. Hewitt, Royal Artillery
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr S. G. Hewitt, 78 Pankhurst Av., Brighton 7, Sussex’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (890507 Gnr. S. G. Hewitt. R.A.) with forwarding slip for the last award, nearly extremely fine (7) £70-£90

George Hewitt was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent in 1892. He attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment on 30 November 1915 and served with the 4th Battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force from 6 September 1916 until 20 November 1916. He was admitted as a casualty to the Auxiliary Military Hospital, Southall on 21 November 1916 and later transferred to the Labour Corps. He then served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment in France from 25 January 1918 until 24 September 1918. He was demobilised and transferred to the Class Z Reserve on 23 March 1919.

Sydney George Hewitt, the son of the above, was born on 23 February 1913 and enlisted in the Royal Artillery on 26 August 1939. He served as a Gunner with the 229th (Sussex) Field Battery during the Second World War. Hewitt was placed on the dangerously ill list on 10 December 1942, suffering from pneumonia, but later recovered. On 21 February 1945, during the campaign in Western Europe, he became seriously ill once more, suffering from Congested Cardiac Failure, and was evacuated to England on 1 March 1945. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal (Territorial) in July 1949.

Sold with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book and the recipient’s Soldier’s Release Book. Also together with a newspaper cutting and a quantity of certificates and documents relating to the recipient’s service and medical condition.