Frank Hunt
Surname: Hunt
Other names: Frank
Locations in this story: Salisbury Street, Shaftesbury, DorsetWilloughby Road, Kingston Upon Thames, SurreyFulham, LondonQuill Lane, Putney, LondonFrance & FlandersStour Row, Shaftesbury, DorsetArras Memorial, France
Story: Frank Hunt was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 4th October 1874, the son of James Martin Hunt and Elizabeth Hunt (née March). The family lived in Salisbury Street, Shaftesbury where Frank's father was a grocer. His father died in 1886 and his mother continued with the business until her retirement just prior to 1911 when she moved to Stour Row, Shaftesbury, Dorset. By 1901 Frank had moved to 48 Willoughby Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, where he was boarding out and working as a Plasterer's Improver. He married Annie Agnes Dunkley at Fulham Registry Office on 7th October 1903 and they went on to have six children. By 1915 he had moved with his family to 19 Quill Lane, Putney, London.
He enlisted on 11th December 1915 but was not mobilized until 18th August 1916 when he joined the 3rd Battalion of The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment as a Private (Service No. G/12104). He served in France and Flanders from 8 December 1916 with the 1st Battalion. Whilst there he received gunshot wounds on 28th February 1918 and admitted to the 16th Field Ambulance, following which he was returned to duty on 10th March 1918. He went missing, presumed dead, on 21st March 1918. His wife wrote to his unit (the letter was received on 2nd April 1918) asking for news of her husband as she was concerned. There is no copy of any reply which would have certainly confirmed his loss in the field. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals and, in due time, his wife received a Memorial Bronze Plaque on 19th March 1920. His wife and family were awarded a pension of £2. 2s. 1d. (£2.10) per week. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial at Faubourg-D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France, (Bay 2).
He enlisted on 11th December 1915 but was not mobilized until 18th August 1916 when he joined the 3rd Battalion of The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment as a Private (Service No. G/12104). He served in France and Flanders from 8 December 1916 with the 1st Battalion. Whilst there he received gunshot wounds on 28th February 1918 and admitted to the 16th Field Ambulance, following which he was returned to duty on 10th March 1918. He went missing, presumed dead, on 21st March 1918. His wife wrote to his unit (the letter was received on 2nd April 1918) asking for news of her husband as she was concerned. There is no copy of any reply which would have certainly confirmed his loss in the field. He was awarded the Victory and British War medals and, in due time, his wife received a Memorial Bronze Plaque on 19th March 1920. His wife and family were awarded a pension of £2. 2s. 1d. (£2.10) per week. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial at Faubourg-D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France, (Bay 2).
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