Sidney George Robert Hunt
Memorial: Bitton - St Mary's Church
Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Corporal
Parents: Soloman Ethelbert and Maud Hunt
Home address: 22 Cherry Gardens, Bitton, Bristol
Date of birth: 1920
Date of death: 03/05/1945
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried St Anne Churchyard Oldland, commemorated on St Mary’s Church Bitton War Memorial
Age: 25
Further information:
230 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
230 squadron were stationed in Burma in 1945 but Sidney’s death was registered in Kingswood and his burial in Oldland. It is therefore likely that he died at or near home and it is not possible to say in what way his death was related to his war service.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
http://www.glosgen.co.uk/warmem/bittonwm.htm
https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/squadrons/230-squadron/