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.).