Family History, Hewett Chart 0306 William Hewett, Lydia Rose Ledner and Louisa Mary Foster<

4
Dora
May
HEWETT
born
1895
Stourmouth
Kent
occupation
1911
Housemaid
Domestic

possibly
married
June quarter
1919
Canterbury
district
Kent
Arthur
BEAN

5
William
Thomas
HEWETT
born
5th July
1896
Stourmouth
Kent
occupation
1911
Booker?
Boy
before enlisting
Farm Labourer
military
Able Seaman
Service Number
London Z/1551
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Howe Battalion
R.N. Div
medals
Victory and British War
died
WWI
20th
July
1917
memorial
Arras
Pas de Calais
France
panel reference
Bay 1

6
Mabel
Louisa
HEWETT
born about
3rd August
1901
Gasting
Kent
occupation
1911 School

married
4th October 1924
St Nicholas at Wade
Kent
witnesses Herbert Cyril HEWETT, Thomas Alfred MARTIN
Louis MARTIN

7
Ellen
Alice
Emily
"Sally"
HEWETT
born
27th December
1902
Stourmouth
Kent
occupation
1911 School
died
April 1985
Thanet district
Kent
aged 82

married
22nd November
1924
Holy Trinity
Thanet
Kent
registered
December quarter
1924
Thanet district
Kent
Wilfred
Sanders PRESTON
born
10th May
1899
Drew Street Brixham Devon
registered
May quarter
1899
Totnes
district
Devon
occupation
1911 School
military
Private
Service Number
02098
Devonshire
Regiment
medals
British War
and
Victory
Medal
died
January 1985
Thanet district
Kent
Aged 85

8
Maisie
Ivy
Eunice
HEWETT
born
23rd
April
1904
Stourmouth
Kent
occupation
1911 School
died
May 1989
Thanet district
Kent
Aged 85

married
26th December 1923
St Nicholas at Wade, Kent
witnesses Herbert Cyril HEWETT
Elsie SOUTHEN
Alfred
James BARHAM
born
23rd June 1897
died
June quarter
1975
Thanet district
Kent
Aged 78

9
Herbert
(Henry)
Cyril
HEWETT
born
8th June
1906
Stourmouth
Kent
possibly
baptised
22nd July
1906
Stourmouth
Kent
but
father down
as
Henry
Thomas
possibly
died
1993
British Columbia
Canada

married(1)
8th June
1927
All Saints
Birchington
Kent
registered
June quarter
1927
Thanet district
Kent
banns
15th, 22nd, 29th May 1927
St Mary the Virgin, Minster in Thanet
Kent
Lilian
May TATHAM
born about
June quarter
1909
Thanet
district
Kent

married(2)
Fay
???

10
Annie
Bertha
HEWETT
born
22nd October
1907
Stourmouth
Kent
registered
December
quarter
1907
possibly
baptised
8th December 1907
Stourmouth Kent
but
father down
as
Henry
Thomas
died
April
1984
Dacorum district
Hertfordshire
Aged 76

married
24th January 1929
Minster, Kent
witnesses
L EMPTAGE
M HEWITT
banns
11th 18th
and
25th November 1928
St Mary the Virgin
Minster in Thanet
Kent
Charles
Ernest
EMPTAGE
born
2nd October
1904
died
March quarter
1974
Hemel Hempstead
district
Hertfordshire
Aged 69

11
George
Henry
Banister
HEWETT
born
31st May 1909
Stourmouth
Kent
possibly
baptised
11th July 1909 Stourmouth
Kent
but
father down
as
Henry
Thomas
died
19 August 1986 Margate
Kent

married
8th November 1930 Minster
Kent
witnesses
H HEWETT W COOPER
Elsie
Doris COOPER
born
4th October 1909
died
December quarter
1971
Thanet district
Kent
Aged 62

12
Mary
"Molly"
HEWETT
born
17th November
1910
(4 months on the 1911 Census
Stourmouth
Kent

married
23rd June 1934 Minster, Kent William Edward COOPER
possibly
born
4th July 1911
possibly died
December quarter
1973
Thanet district
Kent
Aged 62

13
Stanley
Lawrence
HEWETT
born
18th August
1912
Blean district
Kent
died
June quarter
1931
Thanet district
Kent
Aged 18

14
Walter
Charles
HEWETT
born
23rd March
1914
registered
June quarter
1914
Thanet district
Kent
died
July
1993
Thanet district
Kent
Aged 79

married
20th April 1935 Minster
Kent
witnesses
F TURNER
T R BURNS
Millicent TURNER
born about
1919
died
July 1993

15
Michael
John
Victory
HEWETT
born
18th September
1915 Broadstairs, Kent
registered
December quarter
1915
Thanet district
Kent
died about
2007/2008
Aged 93

married
18th April 1938
Minster, Kent
witnesses
Walter James SHORTER
George Henry HEWETT
Ruby
Daisy
Hayward
SHORTER
born
11th October
1918
died
September
2002
Thanet with Dover
Kent
Aged 83

MARTIN
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PRESTON
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BARHAM
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HEWETT
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EMPTAGE
Chart 0200

HEWETT
Chart 0201

COOPER
Chart 0200

HEWETT
Chart 0202

HEWETT
Chart 0203

1871 Census - The Square?, Stourmouth, Kent. Ann KINGSLAND - mother-in-law - aged 64, Charwoman, born Wingham, Kent was living with this family on the 1871 Census. 1881 Census - Lower Street, Stourmouth, Kent. - Ann KINGSLAND - mother-in-law - aged 74, born Wingham, Kent was living with this family on the 1881 Census. 1891 Census - East Street, Stourmouth, Kent 1901 Census - 66 Denmash Road, Stourmouth, Kent. 1911 North Court Cottages, Upper Stourmouth, Canterbury, Kent 1922 Kingstown Cottages, Bromstone, Broadstairs, Kent (Forces War Records for medals of son William Thomas) 1871 Parents James and Lydia LEDNER (at baptism) 1871 Upstreet, Chislet, Kent Parents James aged 27 an Ag Labourer borm Elmstone, Kent and Lydia aged 27 born Preston, Kent. Siblings Thomas James aged 4 born Chislet, Kent and Mary Albiner aged 2 born Chislet, Kent 1901 Census - 66 Denmash Road, Stourmouth, Kent. 1911 North Court Cottages, Upper Stourmouth, Canterbury, Kent. Louisa is down as having been married 10 years and having had 7 children all of whom survive at the date of this Census. 1901 Census - 66 Denmash Road, Stourmouth, Kent. 1911 14 - 16 Sweyn Lodge, Sweyn Rd, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent Dory was a Housemaid to an Harry Leonard NIGHTINGALE aged 31 a Boarding Keeper born Sutton, Surrey and his wife Jessie Blanche NIGHTINGALE aged 30 born Margate, Kent, they had been married 2 years and had no children, there was a Boarder with the household a Nellie Florence Jane HERSEE aged 27 Private Means born Arundel, Sussex 1901 Census - 66 Denmash Road, Stourmouth, Kent. 1911 North Court Cottages, Upper Stourmouth, Canterbury, Kent Information from Forces War Records sent by John TERRY 2/11/2014 First Name: William Thomas Initials: W Surname: HEWETT Nationality: British Date of Death: 20/07/1917 Incident Details: Killed in action (during Raid on enemy's trenches) Information: Enlisted 6/7/15 ; Draft for MEF (Bomber) 5/12/15, joined Howe Battalion 10/1/16-20/7/17 Discharged Dead. More Information: Howe Battalion War Diary 19-20th July 1917:- "Gavrelle. 11.20pm The tape which was to mark the raiders jumping off place was laid by "D" Company. 12.45am Raiders in position on tape. 1am ZERO Barrage opened & raid commenced. Casualties 5 killed & 19 wounded." ; A Farm-Labourer ; b.25/7/1896 ; Next-of-Kin & home address: Father, William, Kingstown Cottages, Bromstone, Broadstairs. Rank: Able Seaman Service Number: London Z/2551 Campaign Medals: Victory Medal Given the information we have available it is likely that William Thomas HEWETT was entitled to the Victory medal, also called the Inter Allied Victory Medal. This medal was awarded to all who received the 1914 Star or 1914-15 Star and, with certain exceptions, to those who received the British War Medal. It was never awarded alone. These three medals were sometimes irreverently referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred. Eligibility for this award consisted of having been mobilised, fighting, having served in any of the theatres of operations, or at sea, between midnight 4th/5th August, 1914, and midnight, 11th/12th November, 1918. Women who served in any of the various military organisations in a theatre of operations were also eligible. British War Medal From the information available to us, it is very possible that William Thomas HEWETT was entitled to the British War Medal for service in World War One. This British Empire campaign medal was issued for services between 5th August 1914 and 11th November 1918. The medal was automatically awarded in the event of death on active service before the completion of this period. Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Branch: royal naval volunteer reserve Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War 1 Formed: 1903 The present Royal Naval Reserve was formed in 1958 merging the original Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) founded under the Naval Reserve Act in 1859 as a reserve of professional seamen from the merchant service and fishing fleets and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR), a reserve of civilian volunteers founded later in 1903. The RNR was originally a reserve of seamen only but in 1862 this was extended to include recruitment and training of officers. From its creation, RNR officers wore a unique, distinctive lace consisting of stripes of interwoven chain. A number of drillships were established at the main seaports around the coast of Britain and Ireland and seamen left their vessels in the base ports to undertake gunnery training in a drillship for a period of one month annually. After initial shore training officers embarked in larger ships of the fleet (usually battleships or battle cruisers) for a one-year period to familiarise themselves with gunnery and naval practice. Although under the operational authority of the Admiral Commanding Reserves, the RNR was administered jointly by the Admiralty and the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen in the Board of Trade throughout its separate existence. In 1910, the RNR (Trawler Section) was formed to actively recruit and train fishermen for wartime service in minesweepers and minor war vessels. Officers and men of the RNR soon gained the respect of their naval counterparts with their professional skills in navigation and seamanship and served with distinction in a number of conflicts including the Boer War and Boxer Rebellion. Prior to the First World War, 100 RNR officers were transferred to permanent careers in the regular navy - forever after referred to as ’the hungry hundred’. In their professional careers, many RNR officers went on to command the largest passenger liners of the day and held senior positions in the shipping industry and government. On mobilisation in 1914, the RNR consisted of 30,000 officers and men. Officers of the permanent RNR on general service quickly took up seagoing appointments in the fleet, many in command, in destroyers, submarines, auxiliary cruisers and Q ships. Others served in larger units of the battle fleet including a large number with the West Indies Squadron who became casualties at the Battle of Coronel and later Jutland. Fishermen of the RNR(T) section served with distinction onboard trawlers fitted out as minesweepers for mine clearance operations at home and abroad throughout the war where they suffered heavy casualties and losses. A number of RNR officers qualified as pilots and flew aircraft and airships with the RNAS whilst many RNR ratings served ashore alongside the RN and RNVR contingents in the trenches of the Somme and at Gallipoli with the Royal Naval Division. Merchant service officers and men serving in armed merchant cruisers, hospital ships, fleet auxiliaries and transports were entered in the RNR for the duration of the war on special agreements. Although considerably smaller than both the RN and the RNVR (three times the size of the RNR at the end of the First World War) the RNR had an exceptional war record being awarded 12 Victoria Crosses. On commencement of hostilities in the Second World War, the RN once again called upon the experience and professionalism of the RNR from the outset to help them shoulder the initial burden until sufficient manpower could be trained for the RNVR and ’hostilities only’ ratings. Again, RNR officers found themselves in command of destroyers, frigates, sloops, landing craft and submarines, or as specialist navigation officers in cruisers and aircraft carriers. In convoy work, the convoy commodore or escort commander was often an RNR officer. As in the First World War, the RNR acquitted itself well, winning 4 VCs. During World War II no more ratings were accepted into the RNVR which then became the main route for wartime officer entry. The service was called the "Wavy Navy" after the wavy sleeve stripes that RNVR officers wore to differentiate them from RN/RNR officers. These have since been replaced by the straight rank lacing used in the full-time RN, with the addition of a small ’R’ in the centre of the executive curl, which has been discontinued for all other than honorary officers from 30 November 2007. As ’nominal’ members of the RNR, officers of the Sea Cadet Corps and the RN CCF Combined Cadet Force retain the use of the former RNVR ’wavy navy’ lace, and are ’appointed’ within their respective Corps, rather than commissioned (unless they also hold a commission as officers within the ’mainstream’ RNR). From 1938 until 1957 the RNVR provided aircrew personnel in the form of their own Air Branch. After the war in 1947, their contribution was cut to anti-submarine and fighter units only. By 1957 it was considered that the training required to operate modern equipment was beyond that expected of reservists and the Air branch squadrons were disbanded. The Air Branch was reformed at RNAS Yeovilton in 1980. The British naval reserve forces were amalgamated in 1958, and the RNR was absorbed into the much larger RNVR organisation. After 100 years of proud service the RNR as a separate professional naval service ceased to exist. However, the centenary of the formation of the RNVR (formed in 1903) was commemorated by the RNR in London in 2003 with a parade on Horse Guards at which HRH Prince Charles took the salute. Defence reviews over the last 50 years have been inconsistent. Successive reviews have seen reserve forces cut then enlarged, allocated new roles, then withdrawn, then re-imposed. Options for Change in 1990 reduced the RNR by 1,200 and closed many training centres, including HMS Calpe (Gibraltar), HMS Wessex(Southampton) and HMS Graham (Glasgow). The Strategic Defence Review in 1998 continued this by removing the RNR cold war mine warfare role, but promised to increase the RNR by 350 posts. The restructured RNR was designed to "provide an expanded pool of personnel to provide additional reinforcements for the Fleet”, mainly in the roles of logistics and communications. This left the mine-warfare, seaman and diving specialists in "limbo" until the second Gulf War, when the Royal Navy realised it had a pool of reservists with no real sea post. Echoing the Royal Naval Division in World War I, the Above Water Force Protection branch was formed "from RN reservists with no draft appointment at the outbreak of war." Because of a lack of full-time personnel, mine-warfare and diving has recently returned (in part) to the RNR. Officers and ratings currently serve on active service in Full Time Reserve Service billets throughout the RN, as well as in mobilised posts in Afghanistan, the Middle East, the Balkans and the UK. As of 1 July 2007, due to increasing involvement in RN operations and deployments, officers and ratings of the RNR are able to cease wearing differentiation marks on uniform, i.e. officers do not have to wear the RNR "R" in the curls of their cuff/epaulette rank insignia and other ranks no longer have to wear RNR epaulettes or RNR shoulder flashes. Following the disbandment of the associated Royal Naval Auxiliary Service (RNXS) in 1994, the Maritime Volunteer Service was formed as a national maritime training organisation with charitable status. It has taken over and expanded many RNXS roles Unit: Howe Battalion Commemorated: Arras Memorial (MR 20) Collection: Royal Naval Division Casualties of The Great War, 1914-1924 1911 North Court Cottages, Upper Stourmouth, Canterbury, Kent 1924 Brooks End, Birchington, Kent (marriage) 1911 North Court Cottages, Upper Stourmouth, Canterbury, Kent Information for Wilfed Sanders PRESTON 1911 10 Fore St, Brixham, Devon. Father William Sandon PRESTON aged 55 a Fisherman born Brixham, Devon, Mother Sarah Ann aged 50 born Brixham, Devon. 1911 North Court Cottages, Upper Stourmouth, Canterbury, Kent 1923 Nether Hale Cottages, St Nicholas at Wade, Kent (marriage) 1911 North Court Cottages, Upper Stourmouth, Canterbury, Kent 1927 Minster in Thanet, Kent (banns) 1933 Ebbs Fleet Cottages, Ebbs Fleet Lane, Minster, Kent The two children for the second marriage of Herbert (Henry) Cyril HEWETT were Catherine and Rose HEWETT. 1911 North Court Cottages, Upper Stourmouth, Canterbury, Kent 1928 Minster in Thanet, Kent (banns) 1929 Durlock Cottages, Minster, Kent 1930 92 Richmond Road, Barnsbury, Islington, London N1 (London Electoral Roll) Charles Ernest and Ann Bertha were at this address 1931 1 Lonsdale Square, Barnsbury, London N1 1931 1 Lonsdale Square, Barnsbury, London N1 (London Electoral Roll) Charles Ernest and Ann Bertha were at th is address 1933 1 Lonsdale Square, Barnsbury, London N1 1934 1 Lonsdale Square, Barnsbury, Islington, London N1 (London Electoral Roll) Charles Ernest and Annie Bertha were at this address 1936 1 Lonsdale Square, Barnsbury, Islington, London N1 (London Electoral Roll) Charles Ernest and Annie Bertha were at this address 1938 22 College Close, Islington, London N1 1959 22 College Close, Islington, London N1 With Charles and Annie is a Brian W, a John C and a Joyce. 1964 22 College Close, Islington, London N1 I have put on some of the London Electoral Roll they appear nearly every year between 1930 and 1964 except for the war years, as can be seen they moved between 1934 and 1936 but were at 1 Lonsdale Place from 19131 to 1936 and at 22 College Close between 1938 and 1964 1911 North Court Cottages, Upper Stourmouth, Canterbury, Kent 1930 Durlock Grange, Minster, Kent 1911 North Court Cottages, Upper Stourmouth, Canterbury, Kent Child with the surname HEWETT and the mothers maiden name as FOSTER born in the right area and the right time who we believe is a child of this couple (we were told that they had 10 children the three found on the BMD after 1911 does bring the total up to 10) Child with the surname HEWETT and the mothers maiden name as FOSTER born in the right area and the right time who we believe is a child of this couple (we were told that they had 10 children the three found on the BMD after 1911 does bring the total up to 10) 1935 Durlock Farm Cottages, Minster, Kent (marriage) 1939 Brooksend Cottages, Birchington, Kent (baptism of Ronald Keith) Child with the surname HEWETT and the mothers maiden name as FOSTER born in the right area and the right time who we believe is a child of this couple (we were told that they had 10 children the three found on the BMD after 1911 does bring the total up to 10) Child with the surname HEWETT and the mothers maiden name as FOSTER born in the right area and the right time who we believe is a child of this couple (we were told that they had 10 children the three found on the BMD after 1911 does bring the total up to 10)

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