BORN MANSFIELD, NOTTS 1890. SON MR ALFRED CAUNT (1869-1933) & ELIZABETH EMMA GILL (1867-1946), OF 58 ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. EMPLOYED AS A SHIP STEWARD. HE ENLISTED IN WALLSEND, TYNESIDE. SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (TERRITORIALS). DIED AT ARRAS, ON 20/04/1917, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE DOUGLAS CAUNT, 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/10/1918.(HDM 22/04/1919)
First name:
JAMES WILFRED
Military Number:
242093
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
20/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
26
