The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Hunt

Private Frank HUNT, 242422, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 24th April 1918.

Born Bason Bridge, Somerset, son of William & Harriett Hunt, Wick, Lympsham, near Weston-Super-Mare.

24th November 1889, Brent Knoll, Wick, Somerset, baptism of Frank Hunt, son of William, (labourer), & Harriett Hunt

1911 Census - Bason Bridge, Highbridge, Somerset - *John Cox, head, age 44, married, masons labourer, worker, born Catcott, Somerset; Elizabeth Cox, wife, age 48, married 7 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Huntspill, Somerset; #Fred Baker, stepson, age 11, school, born Huntspill, Somerset; Reginald Arthur Cox, son, age 6, born Huntspill, Somerset; Florence Kate Cox,, daughter, age 3, born Huntspill, Somerset.

* John Cox, died age 45, March 1913, Bridgewater Registration District.

# Previous marriage (September 1899, Bridgewater Registration District) to Clifford Baker.

Reginald Arthur Cox, born 25th August 1904, Huntspill, Highbridge, Somerset; Florence Kate Cox, born 22nd April 1907, Huntspill, Highbridge, Somerset.

1911 Census - Wick, Lympsham, near Weston-Super-Mare - William Hunt, head, age 58, married, farm labourer, farmer, born Brent Knoll; Harriett Hunt, wife, age 60, married 38 years, 10 children, all still alive, born Brent Knoll; Frank Hunt, son, age 21, single, farmer labourer, born Brent Knoll; Alice Hunt, daughter, age 16, single, domestic, born Brent Knoll.

25th July 1914, Bridgewater, married Elizabeth Ann Cox, widow, of Bason Bridge, Highbridge.

Enlisted Weston-Super-Mare, age 29, height 5ft 9½ inches, weight 147lbs. Resided Bason Bridge, Highbridge, Somerset. Formerly cowman.

Home 7th December 1915 to 30th May 1917, BEF 31st May 1917 to 24th April 1918.

Enlisted 7th December 1915; 7th December 1915 to Army Reserve; 19th September 1916, mobilized; 21st September 1916, posted 4/1 Cambridge Regiment, Service No.8176; 2nd January 1917 to 9th January 1917, 2/2 EA Field Ambulance, Doncaster, tonsillitis; 11th March 1917, transferred to 2/5 Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th May 1917, posted 3/4 Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st May 1917, Southampton, embarked; 1st June 1917, Havre, disembarked; 10th February 1918, posted to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th February 1918, joined Battalion; 24th February 1918 to 9th March 1918, granted leave to UK.

25th November 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 13/- a week payable to Mrs Baker, Guardian, will cease.

10th December 1918, pension of 19/2 a week awarded to Guardian of Children, Mrs Baker (sister in law), 2 Witney Villas, Peasedown St John, near Bath, Somerset.

Commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, Panel 58 and 59., France.

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