Gunner Edward Hunt, 663262
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- Unit - Royal Field Artillery
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- Date of Birth -
- Died - 03/07/1917
- Age - 23
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Henry Hunt of The Old House, Caldecott, Rutland, and the husband of Kathleen Wood (formerly Hunt) of 18, Gopsall Street, Leicester. He was an architect by profession, after enlistment he embarked for France on the 30th May 1917 taking part in operations in the Arras sector. On the 3rd July 1917 he was wounded by a shell and subsequently died in hospital the same day of his wounds.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Place - I N 9, Achiet-le-grand Communal Cemetery Extension
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Attached Unit - "x" 50th Trench Mortar Battery
- Unit - Royal Field Artillery
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Achiet-le-grand Com. Cem. Ext., France
- Born - Bridgewater, Somerset
- Enlisted - 1/8/16 In Leicester
- Place of Residence - Caldecott, Rutland, England
- Memorial - ST. MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH, CALDECOTT, RUTLAND
