BLEWITT John

  • First Name(s):
    John 
  • Surname:
    BLEWITT
  • Service Number:
    29680
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    South Staffordshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Unit:
    A Company
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    17th February 1917
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 7B.
  • Place of Birth:
    Wombourne, Staffordshire, enlisted Wolverhampton
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mr and Mrs J. Blewitt, of Wombourne, Wolverhampton

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BLEWITT John Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Additional information on the memorial: South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 17 February 1917. Age 23.

Further Information About BLEWITT John

John Blewitt was born on 24th July 1893, the son of Joseph and Charlotte Blewitt.  He entered Old Swinford Hospital on 17th December 1901 and left the school in January 1909 to go to D.T. Hughes, a farmer in Wombourne.

Source for additional information: Old Foleyans Remembered Casualties of WW1 published by the Old Foleyans Association, October 1998.

John Blewitt has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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