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
