Name
James Whitaker Hunter
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
08/07/1916
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Northamptonshire Regiment
5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Plot 1. Row C. Grave 60.
France
Headstone Inscription
THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham
Pre War
James Whitaker Hunter was the eldest son of James Bernard Hunter and Lydia (nee Whitaker)
After school at Aldenham he became an Engineer.
Wartime Service
He joined 28th (Artist’s Rifles) London Regiment as a private (1150).
He obtained a commission as 2nd Lieutenant with 5th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment dated 18 Sep 1914, and was with B.E.F. in France in Oct 1914.
Biography
Additional Information
His mother, Mrs. L Hunter, of 71, Castleton Mansions, Barnes, London, ordered his headstone inscription: “THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY"
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Tony James
