Gaunt, William Henry

Rank:

Private

Regiment:

South Staffordshire

Regimental No. & Battalion

31710; 8th Bn

Status:

Demobbed



Research Notes

From William Gaunt's Army Record –

Address Cowper Lane; aged 35 years; mason; married; attested 28/10/16; next of kin Emma Elizabeth Gaunt (wife), married 03/07/05; child born 13/04/11; C of E; in the field 20/02/17; prisoner of war repatriated to England on S.S. Porto 22/11/18; demobbed 22/02/19; born 1881; height 5ft 6in; extended leave 28/02/18 to 04/03/18 as son seriously ill
Haynes bothers Crich hereby declare that William Henry Gaunt was in our employment on August 4 1914 & that we are prepared to offer him employment as mason immediately on his return to civil life.

1901 Census: Bull Bridge

Forename Surname Relationship Age Occupation Where born
John Wheeldon Head 50 Stone mason Heage
Rose A   wife 44 Grocer shopkeeper Fritchley
William Gaunt nephew 19 Stone mason Crich
RG13 piece 3230 folio 98 page 18

1911 Census: Nether Heage

Forename Surname Relationship Age Occupation Where born
William Gaunt Head 29 Stone mason Crich
Emma   wife 30   Heage
RG14PN20987 RG78PN1251 RD436 SD4 ED16 SN57

 

William Henry Gaunt married Emma Elizabeth Cooper Q3 of 1905 in Belper area.