William Hunter

Forename(s):
William

Surname:
Hunter

Initial(s):
W

Service Number:
17456

Rank:
Lance-Corporal

Regiment:
Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 1/4th Battalion Territorial Force

Died:
12/10/1918

Aged:
22

Buried:
Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany

Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.

Hunter's regimental number was close to those of William Fenwick & Peter Davidson, they may have been part of a local recruitment campaign.

Died as a Prisoner of War.

Background:
Born 1897 at Glanton, Northumberland, the son of Adam (b. 1867 at Wooler, a Carpenter & Joiner) & his wife Mary (née Ross; b. 1870 at Glanton) Hunter.

In 1891 Hunter's father was lodging in Glanton with Edward Utterson, a Boot & Shoe Maker, & his wife Jane. Adam married Mary later that year.

In 1901 Hunter was living with his family at North Side, Whittingham, Northumberland. His father was still working as a Carpenter / Joiner. Hunter had an older sister, Sarah Ross (b. 1894 at Glanton), & a younger sister, Isabella (b. 1901 at Whittingham).

In 1911 the family was still living in Whittingham. Hunter's father was, then, an Estate Clerk of Works. There were two more children, Ethel (b. 1903) & Elizabeth (b. 1906). Sarah, age 17, had no occupation & the younger children, including Hunter, were still at school.

Local Memorial:
Glanton, Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour Glanton, United Reform Church (Source: For Glanton URC, newmp.org.uk) Whittingham, Roll of Honour in St. BartholomewÂ’s Church Whittingham & Callaly 1914-1918 Memorial Stone