| WW1 Death Plaque – George Hunt.
“Died on the First Day of The Battle of The Somme”
Rank: Private
Regiment: Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Unit : 7th Battalion.
Age: 26 Date of Death: 1st. July 1916
Killed in Action. Theatre of war: France & Flanders.
Service No: G/3197
Enlisted: Edenbridge, Kent Residence: Edenbridge, Kent
Born: Wadhurst, Sussex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 11 C.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Additional information: Son of Stephen Hunt, of The Limes, Eden Bridge, Kent.
1901 census – Lived at 1 Manor Cottages, Wadhurst, Sussex.
Father: Stephen ( a carter on a farm) from Paddock Wood, Kent.
Mother: Hannah from Wadhurst, Sussex.
Brothers: William, Charles and Frank
Sister: Elizabeth |