Henry William Ernest Hitchins
Lieutenant Colonel
Service No. Unknown
Age 49
Died on 26 April 1915
Manchester Regiment
WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, ST. JEAN-LES-YPRES
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Only son of the late Maj. General and Mrs. Hitchins, of East Lodge, Belmont, Hove, Sussex. Twice Mentioned in Despatches for Gallant and Distinguished Service at the Capture of Givenchy, 20th Dec., 1914, and at Ypres, April, 1915. "The gallant Colonel of The gallant Manchesters" was respected and beloved for his noble and unselfish character, and for his conspicuous bravery.
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