BORN HULL 1895. NEWINGTON. ELDEST SON OF DAVID AND JANE HUNT, HORSES YARD, MYTON GATE AND 117 PORTER STREET, HULL. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. LIKE HIS FATHER HE WORKED AS A BOATMAN AND AS A SHIP STEWARD.
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY IN FRANCE FOR 15 MONTHS. DURING THIS TIME HE WAS WOUNDED TWICE, SUFFERED FROM SHELL SHOCK AND INVALIDED TO ENGLAND. HE HAD RETURNED TO THE FRONT FOR ELEVEN WEEKS WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 30/12/1917, AGED 22. HE WAS DUE TO BE MARRIED AT CHRISTMAS AND RETURNED HOME FOR A COMMISSION.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 14/01/1917, WHICH STATES THAT HE WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL (MM).
First name:
HARRY
Military Number:
755036
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
30/12/1917
Place died:
Rocquigny-Equancourt Road Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France
Age:
32
117 PORTER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
