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Herbert Clifford Hunt
British Army 2nd Batallion Honourable Artillery Company
from:22 Tydfil Place, Cardiff
(d.15th May 1917)
Herbert Clifford Hunt, son of Edward William Hunt and Emma Elizabeth Davey was born on the 12th of February 1898 when the family was living at 85, Arran Street, Roath, Cardiff. He was baptized in the Parish of Roath, Cardiff on the 29th of March 1898. Herbert Clifford, son of Edward Hunt, Clerk, of 85 Arran Street, and Emma Elizabeth. Baptized by W T Southern, Curate
He enlisted in the Honourable Artillery Company in Cardiff on the 12th of December 1916. At that time the family was living at 22, Tydfil Place, Cardiff. He was posted as missing (later killed in action) on the 15th of May 1917 at Bullecourt. He is recorded in the CWGC Debt of Honour Register: In Memory of Herbert Clifford Hunt, Private 9644, 2nd Bn., Honourable Artillery Company, who died on Tuesday 15th May 1917, aged 19. Son of Edward and Emma E. Hunt, of 22, Tydfil Place, Roath Park, Cardiff. He is remembered on the The Arras Memorial in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras. We visited the memorial when we were on holiday in Le Touquet, and found the panel with his name inscribed. The cemetery was beautifully kept.
