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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... Cat1 Families-->Hewes Cat2 War-->World War 1

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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This image is part of the Mersea Museum Collection.