GAUNT John

  • First Name(s):
    John 
  • Surname:
    GAUNT
  • Service Number:
    222229
  • Rank:

    Petty Officer

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HM Submarine C.16
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    16th April 1917
  • Age At Death:
    30
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Shotley (St. Mary) Churchyard, Suffolk, England, Submarine Enclosure.
  • Place of Birth:
    Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of John and Jane Gaunt; husband of Kathleen E. Gaunt, 5 Unicorn Terrace, Portsmouth

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GAUNT John Is Named On These Memorials

Stourport High School formerly in Stourport Boys School
Stourport War Memorial

Further Information About GAUNT John

John Gaunt was born at Stafford on 13th November 1885.  He joined the Royal Navy in 1903, previously being employed as a carpet wheeler.  He served on HMS Impregnable, Agincourt, Victory, Invincible, Mercury and Dolphin before being drafted to HMS Maidstone, a submarine depot ship, on 3rd December 1916.  H.M. Submarine ‘C16’ was accidentally rammed and sunk by HMS Melampus off Harwich on 16th April 1917.  He was the brother of Percy Gaunt who was killed in July 1916 after only about three weeks at the front.

Source for additional information: Kidderminster Shuttle 2nd June 1917.

An obituary for John Gaunt appears in the Stourport Parish Magazine for June 1917.

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Credits: Researched by Adrian Carter.