In Memory Of
HUNT, WILLIAM EDWARD
Service Details
Age:
37
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
9410
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
4th Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1916-10-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of William Edward and Virtue Hunt, of Exeter, Devon, England; husband of Henrietta Cecil Hunt, of 9, Robert St., Cambridge, Cape Province. On Cambridge Town war memorial for 1914-18
