Biography of Private George Edward Hunt (39301)
3rd/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 9th October 1917

Soldier

  • Name: George Edward Hunt
  • Date of birth: 1895
  • Place of Birth: Stainfield, Lincolnshire, England
  • Date of Birth registration: April – June 1895
  • Place of Birth Registration: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England

Father

  • Name: James Hunt
  • DOB: 1849
  • Place of Birth: Stainfield, Lincolnshire, England
  • Occupation: Farm Labourer

Mother

  • Name: Mary Stokes
  • DOB: 1852
  • Place Of Birth: Morton nr Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
  • Marriage: 11th July 1876 Morton nr Bourne

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

  • Sam William Hunt, 1877, Morton
  • John Thomas Hunt, 1878, Stainfield
  • Walter Hunt, 1879, Stainfield
  • James Albert Hunt, 1884, Stainfield
  • Mary Elizabeth Hunt, 1886, Stainfield
  • Herbert Hunt, 1888, Stainfield
  • George Edward Hunt, 1895, Stainfield

Census

  • 1901: George is living with his parents in Stainfield, Lincolshire.
  • 1911: George is living with his parents in Stainfield, Lincolnshire.  The census gives him an age of 16 and he is listed as a farm labourer.
Relatives in services
Marriage

  • No marriage for George has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.

Newspaper Mentions

  • Lincolnshire Echo Tuesday 27th November 1917
    OFFICIAL LOCAL CASUALTIES.
    WOUNDED AND MISSING.
    LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS.
    Hunt, 39301 Pte. G. E. (Bourne)

 

  • War Office Weekly Casualty List December 4th 1917
    WOUNDED AND MISSING
    LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS
    Hunt 39301 G. E. (Bourne)

 

  • War Office Weekly Casualty List December 18th 1917
    Previously reported wounded and missing, now reported
    MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED.
    LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS
    Hunt 39301 G. E. (Stainfield)

 

  • War Office Weekly Casualty List February 19th 1918
    Previously reported missing, believed killed, now reported 
    KILLED
    LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS
    Hunt 39301 G. E. (Bourne)

 

  • Grantham Journal Saturday 23rd February 1918
    Missing believed killed now reported killed
    Lancashire Fusiliers
    Hunt 39301 G. E. (Bourne)

    Military Records

    Attestation Papers

    • None found
    Soldier’s Died In The Great War

    • These records show that Private George Edward Hunt, 39301, 3rd/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers was killed in action on 9th October 1917 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.

    Pension Records

    • Available

    Effects Left To

    • Father James

    Medals

    • The British Medal
    • The Victory Medal

    Memorials

    • UK:
    • Haconby, plaque in St Andrew’s Church

     

    • Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
    • In Memory of Private George Edward Hunt, 39301, 3rd/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers who died on 9 October 1917 Age 23.
    • Son of James and Mary Hunt, of Stainfield, Bourne, Lincs.
    • Remembered with honour Tyne Cot Memorial
    • Panel Ref: Panel 54 to 60 and 163A

    © Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

    © Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

    Military Service Timeline:

    Sources

    • WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
    • British Newspaper Archive.
    • Fold 3
    • Find My Past
    • Genealogist
    • Forces War Records
    • British Army Service Numbers
    • War Gratuity Calculator
    • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
    • National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
    • General Registry Office