CAUNT P.
Percy Caunt
Private 16554
11th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Percy Caunt died on 1st July 1916, aged 25 years, and was remembered on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
He was baptised at St Andrew's Church, Skegby on 6th April 1892, and was the son of Henry Caunt and Emily (formerly Smith) who married at Skegby in February 1888. At the time of Percy's death they were living at 34 Vere Avenue, Stoneyford Lane, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
Percy Caunt is also remembered on the Stanton Hill and Sutton-in-Ashfield War Memorials. A younger brother of Percy Caunt also died in the war, and Cecil Caunt is remembered on the Sutton-in-Ashfield and Skegby War Memorials.
From "Lest we forget - The Blackwell Colliery War Souvenier"
P. Caunt, Vere Avenue, Ford Lane (sic), Sutton. Enlisted 9-9-14. Pte., Sherwood Foresters. Actions: France. Killed in action, 1-7-16.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War
1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
CAUNT Percy. Born Skegby, Notts. Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts (resides Skegby, Notts). 11th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 16554, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 1st July 1916.
Research by Heather Faulkes and Douglas Caunt
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