HUNT Robert Lancelot Gibbs

  • First Name(s):
    Robert 
    Lancelot 
    Gibbs 
  • Surname:
    HUNT
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  • Battalion:
    6th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    7th October 1916
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France, Grave XXIX. J. 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mrs A.L. Hunt, 46 The Green, Banbury, and the late John Hunt (Solicitor)

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HUNT Robert Lancelot Gibbs Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial

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Additional information on the memorial: Capt.

Further Information About HUNT Robert Lancelot Gibbs

Robert Hunt was born in 1895. He attended Bromsgrove School from 1909 to 1912. When the war broke out Hunt who had proceeded to Lincoln College, Oxford was serving his articles with his father, Mr F. Hunt, Solicitor of Banbury. He was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant September 1914, promoted Lieutenant February 1915 and Captain August 1916. His regiment went to the Front in July 1915 and was stationed throughout the winter principally in the Ypres salient. In April 1916 he was badly wounded near the heart but recovered and was able to return to France. There, after 5 weeks further service he fell, while leading his company to the attack.

Source: Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by Philip Bowen and Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by David Cross.

Matriculated 1912 Lincoln College Oxford.

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