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Surname: HUNTER
Forename(s): Abraham
Place of Birth: Bentham, Yorkshire
Service No: 306432
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/7th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 28
Date of Death: 1918-04-29
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IX. B. 2.
CWGC Cemetery: BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Abraham Hunter was the son of Jacob and Agnes Hunter, née Denney. Jacob was born at Bolton-le-Sands and Agnes at Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire. Abraham’s sister, Mary, was married to L/Corporal John Simpson (18/1328) (q.v.).
1891 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Thick Rash - Abraham Hunter, aged 10 months, born Bentham, son of Jacob and Agnes A. Hunter.
1901 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: 12, Summer Hill - Abraham Hunter, aged 10 years, born Bentham, son of Jacob and Agnes Hunter.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 6, Lower North Avenue - Abraham Hunter, aged 20 years, born Bentham, Yorkshire, son of Agnes Ann Hunter. [Abraham's father was working away from home at Ambler Thorn, near Queensbury, Yorkshire.]
Abraham was married to Ethel Brierley in 1916.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Abraham Hunter, 306432, West Riding Regiment.
The CPGW book entry for Private Abraham Hunter is duplicated on page 379 where he is named as Private Abraham Cooper, Duke of Well.'s Regt., of 5, North Avenue, Barnoldswick.
A short biography of Abraham is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
HUNTER, A., aged 28 years, West Riding Regiment, 5, North Avenue, [Barnoldswick], fatally gassed.
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Private Abraham HUNTER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
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Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
CWGC Headstone - personal inscription
Courtesy of Colin Chadwick, Harrogate
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10 May 1918
Private A. Hunter, Barnoldswick
Private Abram Hunter, Duke of Wellington’s, died from gas poisoning at Boulogne on April 29th, two days after admission to hospital. He had been two years in France and had been previously wounded and gassed. He was 28 years of age and married, his wife residing at 5 North Avenue, Barnoldswick. Before enlisting he was employed by Messrs. Albert Hartley Ltd., Long Ing Sheeting Works.
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10 May 1918
HUNTER – Died from gas poisoning, Pte. A. Hunter, of the West Riding Regiment, husband of Mrs. Hunter, of 5, North Avenue, Barnoldswick, aged 28.
10 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Pte. A. Hunter, Barnoldswick
Pte. Abraham Hunter. Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, died from gas poisoning at Boulogne on April 29th. two days after admission to hospital. He had been two years in France and had been previously wounded and gassed. He was 28 years of age and married, his wife, residing at 5, North Avenue Barnoldswick. Before enlisting he was employed by Messrs. A. Hartley Ltd., Long Ing Sheeting Works.
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