HUNT,+W.

Hunt, William, Private, 1014, 1st/5th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Born: Belper, Derbys Enlisted: Belper Disembarked for service 1st March 1915 Died of wounds 24th December 1916 Buried in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France, Grave Reference: IV, E, 7 Service Records Enlisted at Derby in the 1st Volunteer Bn, Notts & Derby Regiment, 12th February 1900, aged 18 Employed as a plumber Resided Crown Terrace, Belper Re-enlisted, 5th Bn, Notts & Derby Regiment, 27th March 1909 aged 26 Employed as a lamp repairer with the Urban District Council Resided Harrison’s Yard, Belper 5 feet 6 inches in height Served in France from 1st March 1915 Treated for a fractured rib received in an accident 18th November 1915 – 22nd January 1916. William Hunt was on stable picquet looking after mules. As he was unloading one of the mules, it kicked him in the chest. Treated for scabies 24th July – 20th September 1916 Treated for valvular disease of the heart 21st December 1916 from which he subsequently died Next of kin, his wife, Flora Jane Hunt, and their only child, resided at Beresford’s Yard, Bridge Street, Belper Personal effects returned to Mrs. Hunt included: a disc, a letter, postcards, a purse, a metal watch, three knives, a razor in case and a watch key

1911 Census Born about 1883 A Council labourer Husband of Flora Jane, and father of William Arthur Hunt, of Harrison’s Yard, Bridge Street, Belper, Derbyshire


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