Name
Harry Bunt
6/06/1896
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/05/1919
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
15th Ludhiana Sikhs
attd. 1st Bn. 15th Ludhiana Sikhs
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE)
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India
Headstone Inscription
He has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Delhi Memorial (India Gate), India.
UK & Other Memorials
Cheshunt Town Memorial, Church of St Mary the Virgin Memorial, Cheshunt
Pre War
Harry Bunt was born in Leytonstone, Essex, on 6th June 1896, son of Frederick William Bunt a, Saw Mill Proprietor and Annie Bunt (nee Kilby).
1901 Census records Harry aged 4, living with his mother, four brothers and sister Constance Mary (6) at, ”Springfield Lodge”, The Avenue, Wanstead, Lon/Essex. His father was away from home on the night of the census.
His father Frederick died in 1903 aged 41, and his mother Annie in March 1911, aged 44.
The April census of 1911 records Harry aged 14, a scholar and a visitor at William and Mary Cocksedge’s home, at 13, Putney Road, Enfield, Middx.
Wartime Service
Harry enlisted in the Queen’s Own (West Kent Yeomanry) with the service number 1284.
At the outbreak of war, the Queen’s Own (West Kent Yeomanry were stationed at Canterbury, Kent.
Mobilized for war service in September 1915, they sailed from Liverpool on 24th September 1915 for Gallipoli arriving on the 8th October 1915. In the January of 1916, they were withdraw from Gallipoli and moved to Mudros, and then on to Egypt for Suez Canal defence duties in February 1916.
February 1917 they were merged with the East Kent Regiment “The Buffs” (Harry was issued with a new service number 270739). The Regiment moved to the Western Front in May 1918, via Marseilles, France.
Harry was Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 14th June 1918, to the Indian Army Reserve of Officers and posted to the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, attached to the 1st Battalion, Ludhiana Sikhs.
He died on the Northwest Frontier, Peshawar Valley, on 14th May 1919. He has no known grave and is Commemorated on the Delhi Memorial (India Gate) India.
Additional Information
His only known connection to Cheshunt was his sister Constance Mary Bunt, who lived for a time at “Hillside” Church Gate, Cheshunt, Herts. Constance was the beneficiary of his Will. It is believed Constance emigrated to Australia in August 1924.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
Jonty Wild
