Charles Frederick Hunt
Staff Sergeant 158072 155th Heavy Battery
Royal Garrison Artillery
Division 82
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Charles Frederick Hunt was the son of James and Amy Hunt, of Reading. He is commemorated on his parents grave, number 17522.
Charles Hunt died of wounds in Genoa Hospital, on 21ST June 1918 aged 38. He is buried in Staglieno Cemetery Genoa, location I.B.15.
The Reading Standard 6 July 1918 published an obituary.:
“Charles Hunt had been educated at Newtown Board School. After he was apprenticed as a fitter at to Messers. Adams. De Beauvoir Road. For the last ten years he was working for Messers. Wellman Bros. Windsor. He used to sing in St. Bartholomews Church choir and was one of the earliest members of the St. Paneras Guild taking an active part in the annual ameateur theatricals and cricket. Staff Serjeant Hunt left England for France in June 1917 and in the following November proceded to Italy. For some weeks he had been Acting Quartermaster and expected to obtain leave within a few days. He leaves a widow and one daughter.”