- First Name(s):Thomas
- Surname:HUNT
- Service Number:16349
- Rank:
Private
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Infantry
- Regiment:Coldstream Guards
- Battalion:3rd Battalion
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:15th September 1916
- Age At Death:
- Cause of Death:Killed in action
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 7D and 8D.
- Place of Birth:Linestock, Worcestershire, resident Severn Stoke, Worcester, enlisted Newcastle-On-Tyne
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:Unknown
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HUNT Thomas Is Named On These Memorials
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Severn Stoke St Denys Church WW1 Memorial with the additional information: Pte
Severn Stoke War Memorial under The Following Gave Their Lives.
Further Information About HUNT Thomas
Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral, under Earls Croome casualties.
The 1911 census shows him as aged 15, born 1896, a labourer. His Family per 1911 Census:-
Father. Thomas Hunt. Age 56. Born 1855 in Worcestershire. Carpenter.
Mother. Marion Hunt. Age 57. Born 1854.
Brother. William Hunt. Age 17. Born 1894 Clifton. Labourer.
Thomas Hunt first entered a theatre of war some time after 1st January 1916. He was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme, during the attack on Ginchy by the Guards Division as part of the Flers-Courcelette engagement which saw the first use of tanks. He was awarded a British War Medal and a Victory Medal.
Thomas Hunt has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.
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Credits: Additional information researched and transcribed by Brian Hill.