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Created page with " === Private Frank Hewitt aged 24 === Frank Hewitt was born in 1894. The Family lived at 8 Chapel Street, Frank had 5 elder sisters including his twin. In 1911, the family were living at 19 Halifax Lane. Frank had been a grocer’s apprentice for the Coop before he signed up. We have little detail on his time in the Army. We know that he joined the Duke of Wellington Regiment but his war records have not survived. He died at the Casualty Clearing Station after being gass..."

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=== Private Frank Hewitt aged 24 ===
Frank Hewitt was born in 1894. The Family lived at 8 Chapel Street, Frank had 5 elder sisters including his twin. In 1911, the family were living at 19 Halifax Lane. Frank had been a grocer’s apprentice for the Coop before he signed up. We have little detail on his time in the Army. We know that he joined the Duke of Wellington Regiment but his war records have not survived. He died at the Casualty Clearing Station after being gassed and he is buried in Lijssentthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

He is commemorated on the St James memorial and on the Halifax Civic Memorial as well as in the churchyard.

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