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Name : Ralph Marshall Lunt Son of : Samuel Towers Lunt and Amy Fairclough Lunt (née Marshall) of West Derby, Lancashire. Born : 1890 West Derby, Lancashire (GRO - registered Dec qtr 1890, West Derby 8b 543) Married : 1925, Emily Proctor (GRO - registered Sep qtr 1925, Burnley 8e 746) |
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Census information : 1891 : Samuel T and Amy F Lunt, with their children including Ralph aged 6 months, are at 31, Huntley Road, West Derby, Lancashire. Samuel Lunt is a Tailor (Master). 1901 : Samuel T and Amy F Lunt, with their children including Ralph aged 10, are at 31, Huntley Road, West Derby, Lancashire. Samuel Lunt is a Tailor (Merchant). 1911 : Samuel T and Amy F Lunt, with their children including Ralph aged 20, are at 31, Huntley Road, West Derby, Lancashire. Samuel Lunt is a Tailor (Merchant). Ralph Lunt is a Clerk in Insurance Office. Electoral roll information : 1933 : Emily Lunt is listed at Gulmarg, Undercliff Drive, St. Lawrence. 1938 : Ralph and Emily Lunt are listed at Gulmarg, Undercliff Drive, St. Lawrence. |
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Service Details : Major 8481 Ralph Marshall Lunt, Royal Corps of Signals. Served in WW I with the 4th Bn., King's (Liverpool Regiment), and as a Captain with the 87th Punjabis, India Army. London Gazette 1918 - appointed Temp. Lt. Edinburgh Gazette 1918 - awarded Croix de Guerre avec Etoile en Argent 
Medal Index Card - click to enlarge |
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Casualty Details : Died : 13 March 1940, aged 50. Buried at : Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan (formerly India). CWGC Record Note that the CWGC record gives his mother's name incorrectly as Margaret Lunt. |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
St Lawrence War Memorial |
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Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, March 15, 1940 Page 2 DEATH ON ACTIVE SERVICE LUNT. - On March 13th, 1940, at Bannu, N.W.F.P., Ralph Marshall Lunt, Major, Royal Signals, the beloved husband of Emily Lunt, Gulmarg, St. Lawrence, I.W.
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, April 5, 1940 Page 1 Under the heading "Fallen Officer," The Times on Tuesday recorded the following: - Lunt, Major Ralph Marshall, Royal Corps of Signals, died of wounds received in an ambush by tribesmen in the North-West Frontier Province, India, in February. While serving in the ranks of the Territorial Force he saw service in the last war on the Western Front, where he was wounded. He received his commission in 1916 and was promoted Lieutenant in the Army in March, 1918. He was awarded the French War Cross. He transferred to the Indian Army later in the year and was promoted captain in 1921 and major in 1937. He leaves a widow, who lives at St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight. 
National Probate Calendar 1940 - note incorrect first name given London Gazette 1940 - Solicitor's notice of claims against his estate. |
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Further information :
His brother, Arthur Towers Lunt, was killed in WW I, on 17 Aug 1916, aged 22, serving with the King's (Liverpool Regiment). : CWGC record ... |
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Acknowledgments :
Janet Griffin for newspaper research |
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Page status :
Page last updated : 18 December 2013 (added to website) |
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