John William HUNT

Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1

John William HUNT

Private 34897 John William HUNT of 7th Bn., Border Regiment

Died of Wounds Sunday 31st March 1918, No.3 Canadian Station Hospital, France, age 30

Of: 81 Old Road, Flowery Field, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire

Born: 1888, Hyde, Cheshire

Parents: Margaret Ann Hunt and William Hunt of 17 Mary Street, Hyde, Cheshire

Marital status: Married to Alice Hunt (née Cooper) of 81 Old Road, Flowery Field, Hyde, Cheshire

Occupation: Cotton Cloth Weaver, Ashton Brothers

He enlisted in: Barrow, Lancashire

Remembered on: Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme, France, VI. G. 52.

Link with Hyde: Born in Hyde

Notes:

Died of a shrapnel wounds to back and right shoulder.

A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling, 25th June 1921:

United Methodist Church and Sunday School Hyde.
In remembrance and honour:
S. Binyon, F. Charlesworth, H. Chadwick, H. Gregory,
H. C. Hodkinson, W. Horsefield, J. W. Hunt, S. Kinder,
W. Norman, J. Oldham, T. Reeves, and J. Walsh.

Of:	81 Old Road, Flowery Field, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:	1888, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:	Margaret Ann Hunt and William Hunt of 17 Mary Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital status:	Married to Alice Hunt (née Cooper) of 81 Old Road, Flowery Field, Hyde, Cheshire
Occupation:	Cotton Cloth Weaver, Ashton Brothers
He enlisted in:	Barrow, Lancashire
Remembered on:	Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme, France, VI. G. 52.
Link with Hyde:	Born in Hyde