Basic Details
Surname
Williams
Forenames
Henry Lee Jewett
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Reverend
Served or died
Died
Notes
His biography on the college website states: ‘Henry Lee Jewett was born in Macon, Georgia, USA, the first son of Howard James, a doctor. Jewett came from Georgia University to Christ Church as a Rhodes Scholar from 1908-1912. BA 1910, B Litt 1912. He returned to be an Episcopal minister and professor of New Testament Greek at University of the South.
From the Registration Card we see that Jewett joined up when he was 29 years old on 31st May 1917. He was a clergyman, and officer in the Training Corps. He had a wife, and child of 5 months, ‘family dependent on me’. A Captain in the U.S. Army's 82nd Infantry Division, he was killed in action in Albert France.
On 13 November 1921, at Christ Church, Macon, there was dedicated a memorial tablet to the Reverend Henry Lee Jewett Williams and Chambers Laird Bunting, Jr. Mr. Luther Williams delivered a short address on the life and work of Jewett Williams, and Captain Boyce Miller spoke of the service overseas of Chambers Bunting. The choir marched down the side aisle singing the hymn: "O valiant Hearts, who to your glory came, Through dust of conflict and through battle-flame; Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved, Your memory hallowed in the Land you loved.'
'A. M. D. G. In loving memory of The Men of this Parish Who gave their lives in the World War 1917-1919 Rev. Henry Lee Jewett Williams Capt. Co. D. 326th Inf. Killed in action, June 9, 1918, Abbeville Sector
and Chambers Laird Bunting, Jr. Corp. Co. B. 151st M. G. Bn. Killed in action, July 15, 1918, Champagne-Marne Defensive. Erected by the congregation of Christ Church.'
Primary Service
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Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Albert, Somme
Year of death
1918
Month of death
June
Day of death
9
Age at death
30
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action