William George Hunt
Title
William George Hunt
Description
William Hunt was born on 17 June 1890 in Oakridge and baptised on 10 August 1890 in Oakridge Church. He was the son of Thomas Henry Hunt and Emma Maria Clift. Thomas Hunt was a railway labourer and lived in Oakridge Lynch at what was Hillbrae and now Cuckoo Cottage. William enrolled in Oakridge School on 16 September 1893 and left on 26 November 1903. He went to work as a cabinet maker and married Grace Mildred Killick in Steep, Hampshire in 1915.
He enlisted in Stroud on 7 December 1915, serving first with the Lincolns before switching to the 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on 12 August 1918. He served as a private and was killed during fighting on 27 August 1918 in France during the Advance to Victory aged 28, leaving a widow and 3 children living in Hampshire.
He has no known grave and is remembered on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial.
He enlisted in Stroud on 7 December 1915, serving first with the Lincolns before switching to the 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on 12 August 1918. He served as a private and was killed during fighting on 27 August 1918 in France during the Advance to Victory aged 28, leaving a widow and 3 children living in Hampshire.
He has no known grave and is remembered on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial.
Source
Oakridge History Group
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Citation
“William George Hunt,” Oakridge Archives, accessed May 5, 2024, https://oakridgearchives.omeka.net/items/show/184.