Caunt, Douglas

BORN MANSFIELD, NOTTS 25/01/1895. ENLISTED HULL. SON MR ALFRED CAUNT (1869-1933) & ELIZABETH EMMA GILL (1867-1946), OF 58 ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL. A PRINTER’S APPRENTICE (1911 CENSUS) AND SHIP STEWARD WHEN HE JOINED THE ARMY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 07/09/1914, AGED 19 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS, 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 119 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, FAIR HAIR, ‘GOOD’ VISION, AND ‘GOOD’ PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. DEPRIVED OF A LANCE CORPORAL STRIPE FOR USING OBSCENE LANGUAGE TO A NCO. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE WITHE THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 14/07/1915. GIVEN FIELD PUNISHMENT NO:1 FOR DAMAGING GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/10/1918, AGED 23. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 4 YEARS AND 34 DAYS. BURIED IN FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/04/1919.
A SINGLE MAN. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH. HE LEFT BROTHER FRANK LAWRENCE CAUNT, BROTHER IN LAW, JOHN MASSAM. AND FOUR SISTERS, HENRIETTA MASSAM, ELLEN, ETHEL AND EVERLYN. HIS OTHER BROTHER, PRIVATE, JAMES WILFRED CAUNT, 242093, 1/5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (TERRITORIALS), DIED ON 20/04/1917, AGED 27.