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Robert Caunt
Private 306319
2nd/8th Bn, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Robert Caunt died on Saturday 5 May 1917, Age 33, and was buried in LA CHAPELETTE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY, PERONNE, Somme, France.
He was born on the 4th December 1883 at Upper Green (now Devonshire Square) to parents Arthur and Ann Caunt. Arthur Caunt was a House Painter, and a native of Sutton-in-Ashfield, who was living with his family at 38 Club Street, Sutton, in 1901. Robert's occupation at the time was Coal Ganger.
Robert Caunt was also the husband of Clara Caunt, of 64 Priestsic Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 3rd May 1918
Caunt - In Loving Remembrance of my dear husband, and our dear
Dad, Private Robert Caunt, who died in France from wounds received in Action,
May 5th 1917. "Until the day break and the shadows flee away". - From
his loving Wife and Children.
Caunt - In Honoured Memory of our dear Son and Brother, Private R. Caunt,
Son of Mr & Mrs A. Caunt, of Sutton, who died of wounds in France, May 5th
1917. He nobly answered duty's call. - From his devoted Mother, Father, Sisters,
and Brothers in France.
Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919
Caunt, Private Robert, Sherwood Foresters.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
ROBERT CAUNT. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Enlisted Mansfield (Resides Sutton-in-Ashfield) 2/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 306319, Died of Wounds, France & Flanders 5th May 1917
Research by Heather Faulkes and Helen Wilson