Hyde War Memorial Trust

Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1


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William BRUNT

Private 20742 William BRUNT
22nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment

Killed in action,   Saturday 1st July 1916,   France,   age 27

Home address:76 John Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:1889, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:Sarah Brunt and Joshua Brunt
27 Manchester Road, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital status:Single
Occupation:Labourer
Enlisted:Manchester, Lancashire
Remembered:Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France,
pier 13 or 14.
Link to Hyde:Born in Hyde

A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling, 25th June 1921:

Greater love hath no man.
The fallen of St. Andrew's Mission Church, John Street.
W. Brunt (22nd Manchesters), J. Elliot (2nd South Lancs.), and R. Shaw (R.M.L.I.).