244571 Pte. George Edwin Hunt British Army 101st Field Ambulance, X Coy. Royal Army Medical Corps from:Reading George Hunt was a Salvation Army Bandsman at Reading Citadel and worked as a gardener at Langley Park before WW1. He served with 101st Field Ambulance, X Coy. training at Bulford Camp. He proceeded to France on the 16th of November 1915. He was posted to No2. Stationary Hospital at Abbeyville on 24th of March 1919 and demobed at the end of June. George went on to marry and have one daughter named Vera who still survives, he died in 1981. Four grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and 4 great great grandchildren are descended. After the war he moved back to Reading and worked as a caretaker at a hospital and continued his mission in the SA. He lived out his days with his daughter and son in law in Cockfosters. There are not any stories relayed from WW1. However, his daughter was not allowed to become a nurse because of the things that he witnessed in WW1.
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