| Surname: | Fewings |
| Initials: | R |
| Rank: | Pte A/LCpl |
| Army Number: | P/1176 |
| Notes: | MFP. From Exeter. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 6/5/1915 to 11/11/18. Discharged class Z reserve 6/8/1919. Extract from the Western Times, 19/10/1917. Sunday Night Fatality On the Stoke Canon Road. The District Coroner Mr Henry W Goulds held an inquest at New Cottage, Stoke Canon on Tuesday, relative to the death of Peter John Kempe Fewings, aged 52, Evidence was given by his son Lance Corporal Fewings, of the Military Foot Police to the effect that on Sunday night at 11 pm, he was returning to his Corps. His sister and Deceased accompanied him on the road towards Exeter, and just after they had passed the Paper Mills, deceased on emerging from a gateway, was knocked down by a horse and trap. He never recovered consciousness and died before the doctor arrived.. Fred Baker, ostler, Angel Hotel, Tiverton, said he was driving from Exeter to Tiverton at the time of the accident. He saw nothing of the deceased until the latter came against the wheel of the trap. It was quite dark - PC Fewings said there were signs near the gateway of somebody having slipped on the steps from the gate to the road - Dr Clayton Jones said death was due to a fractured at the base of the skull -the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death." |
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| Decoration: | Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette: 31132 Page: 1016 Jan. 18, 1919) |
| Citation: | France & Flanders. Devotion to duty. Pte (L/Cpl). |