- SURNAME
Hewitt
- FORENAME
Ernest Hamilton (Jock)
- UNIT
21 Independent Company
- RANK
Lance Corporal
- NUMBER
1443162
- AWARD
Military Medal
- PLACE
Arnhem 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 24.08.1921, Glasgow, UK
apprentice Watchmaker pre-war
brother Mitchell Hewitt 2 HLI awarded Military Medal too
03.02.1939 enlisted Royal Artillery
03.11.1943 transferred Parachute Regiment
06-20.12.1943 Parachute Course 94, RAF Ringway
posted 21st Independent Company, 3 Platoon
1944 promoted Lance Corporal
op.Market Garden
died 21.01.2004
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