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Joseph Wellman Hussey

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J. W. Hussey
Service no. 4288
Serjeant, 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers, “B” Sqdn.
Born at Chard, Somerset; enlisted in Sevenoaks, Kent; lived in West Ewell, Surrey
Died at about age 37 on 24 May 1915
CWGC: “Cross of St. George (Russian). Son of Ann Hussey, of Winsham, nr. Chard, Somerset. Served in South African Campaign.”
Remembered at Hop Store Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium; also at Waterloo Station and Canterbury Cathedral

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 Joseph Wellman Hussey, 33, was living alone in one room at 78 Wilcox Road, South Lambeth. He was working as a railway porter. He stated that he was born in Thorncombe, Dorset. In 1912 he married 22-year-old Elsie Ann Cameron, who lived at 88 Wilcox Road.

Hussey is mentioned in John Buchan’s book Francis and Riversdale Grenfell: A Memoir (Francis Grenfell was his commanding officer).

Harry George Walter Hurt

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H. G. W. Hurt
Service no. 15120
Private, Bedfordshire Regiment, 7th Battalion
Born in St Pancras; enlisted in Westminster; lived in South Lambeth
CWGC: “Son of Frederick George and Martha Hurt, of II Guildford Road, South Lambeth Road, London.”
Died aged 24 on 25 October 1916
Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 the Hurt family lived at 22 Langley Lane, Kennington. Frederick G. Hurt, 58, was a whitesmith (he worked with the “white” or light-coloured metals such as tin and pewter), born in St Pancras. Martha Hurt, 56, was from Poplar, east London. They had had 7 children, with 6 surviving, including:
Alice M. Hurt, 23, a typist
Frederick J. Hurt, 21, a postman
Harry G. Hurt, 18, a clerk
Martha L. Browne, 38, a widow
Martha’s children Charles Browne, 10, and Elsie Browne, 5, lived with the family. All were born in St Pancras.

Frank Morley Huntley

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F. M. Huntley
Service no. 393151
Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), 1st/9th Battalion
Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in Clapham
Killed in action aged 39 on 3 May 1917
CWGC: “Husband of Fanny Beatrice Huntley, of 90, Portland Place N, Clapham Road, Stockwell, London.”
Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Information from the 1911 census

Frank Morley Huntley, 32 and born in Kennington, was a bookseller. In 1911 he lived with his wife and 4 children at 10 St Stephens Terrace, South Lambeth. Fanny B. Huntley, 29, was born in Kennington.
Their children were
Frank I. W. Huntley, 8
Helen B. Huntley, 5
Winifred Huntley, 3
Constance M. Huntley, 10 months
Stanley G. Stephenson, 24, a single civil servant from Canterbury, boarded with the family.

H. Hunter

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There are two tentative identifications for H. Hunter – Harry Hunter and Hugh Hunter, who is named on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA. Research on this is ongoing.

H. Hunter
(Harry Hunter)
Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps
Died of wounds age 30 on 5 November 1917
CWGC: “Son of Robert and Ann Mercy Hunter, of Clapham, London.”
Remembered at Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Information from the 1911 census

Harry Hunter, 22, was one of 5 children of Robert Hunter, 54, an organ builder born in Lambeth, and Ann Mercy Hunter, born in Stockwell. The family lived at 87 High Street, Clapham, where they had 9 rooms, with Ann Esther Hunter, 56, sister to Robert. The 5 children, all of whom were born in Clapham, were:
Alfred Robert Hunter, 25, and George Frederick Hunter, 22, organ builders like their father
Harry Hunter, 24, and Robert Moore Hunter, 19, clerks in the civil service
Mary Adeline Hunter, 14
Ada Ody, 26, a domestic servant born in Paddington, lived with the family.

Information from The Saleroom

Harry Hunter was born in 1887, second son of Robert Hunter, an organ builder who lived at 87 High Street, Clapham, London. Pre-war he was a keen motorcyclist and was selected as a goalkeeper to play for Southampton F.C. during the 1913-14 season. Recorded as a Civil Service Clerk upon his initial enlistment in the 28th Battalion, London Regiment, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps. Hunter died as a result of injuries suffered whilst serving with 1 Aeroplane Supply Depot on 5 November 1917, no doubt whilst delivering much-needed aircraft to the front lines. He is buried in the Wimereux Communal Cemetery, besides being commemorated upon the Stockwell War Memorial and at Holy Trinity, Clapham Common.

Hunter is recorded in All the Saints: A Complete Players’ Who’s Who of Southampton F.C. as one of 19 members of the Club to have died during the Great War; sold with the recipient’s Royal Flying Corps cap badge, a bronze Streatham Motorcycle Prize Medal, 30mm, engraved to the reverse, ‘Members Hill Climb. April 16th 1910. Class I. 2nd. H. Hunter,’ and copied MIC and research.

Henry Charles Hunt

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H. C. Hunt
(Henry Charles Hunt)
Service no. G/50055
Lance Corporal, Middlesex Regiment, 11th Battalion
Died age 25 on 9 April 1917
Born in Lambeth; enlisted at Kingston; lived in Clapham
CWGC: “Son of Henry and Matilda Hunt, of Conway Street, Wandsworth Road, Lambeth; husband of Elizabeth Caroline Hunt, of 122 Bennerley Road, Northcote Road, Battersea, London.”
Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Information from the 1911 census

Henry Charles Hunt, 20 in 1911, was the eldest child of Henry Hunt, 42, a painter’s labourer, and Matilda Hunt. 40. The couple had had 9 children, 7 surviving at the time of the census. The entire family was born in Lambeth.
Henry Charles Hunt, 20, a lift porter
Matilda Hunt, 18, a waitress
Maud Hunt, 16, an assistant in tea rooms
Rose Hunt, 14
Annie Hunt, 11
Lily Hunt, 7
Frederick Hunt, 4
Emma Maxter, a 50-year-old single ironer born in Lambeth, boarded with the family.
The Hunts lived in 4 rooms at 148 Wandsworth Road.