Search for Image ID "" Lance Corporal A.R. Hewes, of the Essex Regiment (a native of Mersea) has been wounded in the recent fighting in France and is now in the London General Hospital. He was fromerly skipper on Miss Ord's yacht, and writing to Miss Ord he says: "Old Fritz has robbed me of my right eye. He put a bullet through it on the 3rd, during the big charge at... Photo: Gill and Trevor Hayes Collection Image ID HAY_CHUM_080 Category 1 Families-->Hewes Category 2 War-->World War 1 | ||
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