BORN HULL 23/05/1893. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY HUNT (1863-1938) & KATE LAMINGMAN (1871-1954), OF 8 BRYANTS ENTRY, HIGH STREET, HULL AND 142 HIGH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A LIGHTERMAN. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A CHECKER ON THE GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAYS, AT NEW HOLLAND.
ENLISTED HULL WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED WITH THE 1/4 EAST YORKSHIRE REIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS 14/07/1916, AGED 23. BURIED IN FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED WITH HIS PHOTO, IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 31/07/1916.
HIS NAME & TWO BROTHERS ARE LISTED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH MEMORIAL, LOWGATE. ARTHUR FREEMAN HUNT, 4682. EYR, KILLED 1916 & ALBERT EDWARD HUNT, 16471, ERY, DROWNED ON, HMS “LEINSTER”, 1918, AGED 18.
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Regiment:
Military Number:
4414
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/07/1916
Place died:
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
23
