Private Luther Caunt

Army Number : 19009

Battalion : 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Born at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Son of Benjamin and Jane Caunt, of Skegby Forest, Near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He was a Colliery Pony Driver prior to enlisting at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He went to Gallipoli, 1st July 1915 and was killed in action, 19th August 1917, whilst serving in the line near Steenbeeke, Belgium.

Buried : Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 64. Row G. Grave 2.

Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium.
Private Luther Caunt grave

Private Luther Caunt is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Andrew’s Church War Memorial, Skegby, Nottinghamshire.
All Saints Church War Memorial, Stanton Hill, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.