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Second Lieutenant EDWIN CHRISTOPHER HYTTEN of the 11th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment died on 12 November 1916 aged 26.
The London Gazette of 7 January 1916 announced that on 29 December 1915 he had been commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Hampshires. He had previously been serving as a private in the London Field Ambulance, RAMC.
He is buried in the churchyard at Loker near Ypres.
Location of Memorial:
He is remembered on the memorial in St Bartholomew’s church, Sydenham. He is also commemorated on the Sydenham, Forest Hill & District Tradesmens' WW1 War Memorial and the All Saints Church WW1 War Memorial.
Details:
He was born in Glasgow, the son of Edith Emmeline Hytten, of "Fairlawn," Addington Grove, Sydenham, and the late Christian Olaf Hytten.
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