Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. Hunt, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who died of disease contracted whilst on active service in the trenches of the Western Front in the spring of 1915

1914 Star (9194 Pte. A. Hunt. 2/R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (9194 Pte. A. Hunt. R.W. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (Alfred Hunt); Memorial Scroll ‘Pte Alfred Hunt Royal Welsh Fusiliers’, this mounted on card, medals lacquered, minor spots of staining to obverse of VM, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5) £160-£200

Alfred Hunt, a general labourer, was born in Bristol in 1887 and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Wrexham on 2 August 1906. He served in France with the 2nd Battalion from 29 August 1914 to 21 May 1915, and was evacuated home to England the following day. The Recipient’s Army Service Record, adds:
‘Was admitted this hospital on the 22nd. May 1915, and died on the 26th May 1915, during which time he was unconscious... In my opinion the Acute Nephritis was caused through exposure while on active service with the Expeditionary Force in France. Major G. Stewart Alram, R.A.M.C., Reading War Hospital.’

Hunt is buried in Reading Cemetery, Berkshire.

Sold with a fine Carte de Visite featuring a photograph of the recipient in military uniform.