CAUNT L.

Luther Caunt

Private 19009

9th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)

Luther Caunt died on 14th August 1917, aged 23 years, and was buried in the TYNE COT CEMETERY, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

He was born c1894 in East Kirkby, Notts, to parents Jesse and Mary Caunt, who had moved to Kirkby-in-Ashfield from Skegby shortly before his birth. His father, Jesse Caunt, a miner, was a native of Sutton-in-Ashfield, while Mary Caunt (formerly Smith) was born in Newark, Notts. They married at St Andrew, Skegby, in October 1885.

Luther Caunt's brother, Frederick Caunt, also died in the war and is remembered on the Sutton-in-Ashfield War Memorial. Luther Caunt is also remembered on the Stanton Hill War Memorial.

Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 16th August 1918

From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’

CAUNT Luther. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, enlisted Mansfield, Notts. 9th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 19009, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 19th August 1917.

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Research by Heather Faulkes and Douglas Caunt.