Major-General William Edward Blewitt, (24 September 1854 – 18 April 1939Deaths. The Times (London), Wednesday, Apr 12, 1939; pg. 13; Issue 48277. (1618 words)) was a British Army officer.‘BLEWITT, Maj.-Gen. William Edward’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 10 Aug 2014. Blewitt joined the Royal Artillery as a first lieutenant on 12 February 1874, was promoted to captain on 1 August 1883, and to major on 14 March 1891.Hart′s Army list, 1901 He served during the Second Boer War, where he was Mentioned in Despatches twice, and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 13 February 1900. In 1901 he was a member of the Ordnance Committee. He commanded the Southern Coast Defences, 1911–1914; and the Portsmouth Garrison, 1914–1916 during the First World War.
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