EDWIN+HEWKIN

Hewkin, Edwin, Private, 202388, 2nd/4th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment Enlisted Sheffield Killed in action 3rd May 1917

Aged 25 Son of Emma Hewkin, of "Belle Vista", Victoria Rd., Totley Rise, Sheffield, and the late Samuel Hewkin. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial

1911 Census: Edwin Hewkin was a 19 year old tailor's traveller, born in Whittington, and residing at 38, Compton Street, Chesterfield. He was the son of Emma Hewkin, a tailor's worker.

Service record: Resided 22, Woodstock Road, Sheffield Original army number 4918 Served in France from the 14th January 1917