Rifleman Arthur James Gaunt
Monday
23rd October 1916: Mr. Edward Gaunt of12 Hartley Road, Luton
has heard that his 20 year old son Rifleman Arthur James Gaunt has been killed
in France. Rifleman Gaunt was a former Luton telegraph boy who transferred to Harrow
as a postman before enlisting with the Post Office Rifles (8th City of London
Rifles). This is the third bereavement suffered by Mr. Gaunt in less than a
year. His wife Lucy died last autumn, and his ten year old daughter Esther died
earlier this year.
Source:
Luton News, 26th October 1916; Registrations of Deaths
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