JAMES CHARLES MARJORIBANKS HUNT

Location: St Swithun’s church, Headbourne Worthy, Hampshire, SO23 7JW

Details on cross:

Sacred to the
Memory of
Lieut J.C.M. Hunt
“B” Batt. 47 Brigade RFA
Killed
In
Action
Aug: 10 1916

 

 

Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): Amateur carving on cross shaped brass plate, GRU Tag.

Cross is in the vestry.

Cross dimensions (millimetres please)
Shaft Height: 1100

Cross beam width: 740

Width of wood: 75

Thickness or depth:35

 

Notes and observations:

Name on War Memorial in churchyard. Church has produced leaflet with biography of Hunt.

CWGC

Rank: Lieutenant
Date of Death: 10/08/1916
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery, “B” Bty. 47th Bde.
Grave Reference: I. B. 25.
Cemetery: FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Additional Information: Son of William Alexander and Isabel Maude Hunt, of Headbourne Worthy House, Winchester.

Survey and photographs courtesy of John Vigar
Date of survey: 22 June 2017