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Pte. George Henry Hunt
British Army 9th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment
from:Lumb Rossendale
(d.28th March 1919 )
George Hunt was born in 1886 in Lumb, which was then in the registration district of Haslingden.
He was a private in the 9th East Lancashire Regiment and when he served had a wife Maria and 2 young sons
He was sadly killed just before his regiment was recalled in a tragic incident. The regimental horse kicked him and he died accidentally on 28th of March 1919 in Salonika
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves in Chanakkale Turkey and also by an inscription on the Hunt family grave at Lumb Baptist Church in Lancashire.