Lt Hugh Michael Hunter, 2nd Bn Wiltshire Regiment.
Educated at Winchester College and then University College, Oxford, Hugh (whilst captain of the Cricket XI and a rower for the College Torpid) was a member of the Oxford OTC and received a commission upon the outbreak of war in August 1914. Joining the 3rd Bn Wiltshire Regiment in Weymouth, he later (November) transferred to the 2nd Battalion serving in France.
In early February 1915, Hugh returned home on leave , but was back in France by the 12th of the month. He was badly wounded at Neuve Chapelle on 12 March 1915 and died , aged 23, on 6 April in No 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne. A rare case of repatriation, Lt Hunter now lays at rest in Wandsworth (Putney Vale) Cemetery, London. (Lt Hunter's Lieutenancy was back-dated to February, but only gazetted after his death).
6 April 1915
Research by David O'Mara, Croonaert Research Services.
