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★Victoria Cross

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William Hewett — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score284760th out of 4480

Number of Medals13

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score304408 of 4480

Royal Navy#48of 113

Surface warfare#27of 182

Second Anglo-Burmese War#3of 11

Crimean War#44of 151

Mahdist War#9of 23

Abyssinian War#2of 7

William Hewett

Vice-Admiral, Royal Navy

Second Anglo-Burmese WarCrimean WarMahdist WarAbyssinian War

Awards & Decorations

Victoria Cross
Order of the Bath
Order of the Star of India Knight Commander
India General Service Medal 1854 (2)
Crimea Medal
Ashantee Medal
Egypt Medal
Legion of Honour
Medal of Military Valor (Silver)
Turkish Crimea Medal
Khedive's Star
Order of the Medjidie-Ottoman Empire

Ribbon Rack

Biography

Vice-Admiral Sir William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, was a Royal Navy officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. The Hewett Treaty is named after him.

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Score Breakdown

Victoria Cross(base 100)

+100

Order of the Medjidie-Ottoman Empire(base 80)

+80

Medal of Military Valor (Silver)(base 30)

+30

Unified Scoring Metrics Bonuses(career variety ×1.35 (3 medal types))

+74

Heroic Score284 pts