Gazette Information: GAZETTE ISSUE 30400, VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30400/supplement/12329. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned:- No. 8162 Lance-Corporal William Henry Hewitt, South African Infantry. For most conspicuous bravery during operations. On 20 September 1917 east of Ypres, Belgium, Lance-Corporal Hewitt attacked a “pill-box” with his section, and tried to rush the doorway. The garrison, however proved very stubborn, and in the attempt this non-commissioned officer received a severe wound. Nevertheless, he proceeded to the loophole of the “pill-box,” where, in his attempts to put a bomb into it, he was again wounded in the arm. Undeterred however, he eventually managed to get a bomb inside, which caused the occupants to dislodge, and they were successfully and speedily dealt with by the remainder of the section.
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Gazette Information: GAZETTE ISSUE 30400, VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30400/supplement/12329. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned:- No. 8162 Lance-Corporal William Henry Hewitt, South African Infantry. For most conspicuous bravery during operations. On 20 September 1917 east of Ypres, Belgium, Lance-Corporal Hewitt attacked a “pill-box” with his section, and tried to rush the doorway. The garrison, however proved very stubborn, and in the attempt this non-commissioned officer received a severe wound. Nevertheless, he proceeded to the loophole of the “pill-box,” where, in his attempts to put a bomb into it, he was again wounded in the arm. Undeterred however, he eventually managed to get a bomb inside, which caused the occupants to dislodge, and they were successfully and speedily dealt with by the remainder of the section.