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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Kensington And Chelsea
Town
Chelsea
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
Colonial India
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
92924
Current location

NAM Accession reference 1998-10-117-1
National Army Museum
Royal Hospital Road
Chelsea
Kensington And Chelsea
Greater London
SW3 4HT
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 27844 77947
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • In the Frontier Forces' Chapel/Sanctum
    St Luke's Church
    Sydney Street
    Chelsea
    Kensington And Chelsea
    Greater London
    SW3 6NH
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TQ 27815 77990
    Denomination: Church of England
Description
Rectangular brass plaque, with single line border and incised black lettering.
Inscription
SACRED/ TO/ THE MEMORY OF/ MAJOR WILLIAM MORGAN HUNT D.S.O., M.C., R.A./ COMMANDANT, 110TH (ABBOTTABAD) PACK BATTERY, R.A./ DIED 19TH JULY 1925/ AGED 43 YEARS/ ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS OF THE 22ND INDIAN PACK BRIGADE R.A./ IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF A VERY GALLANT SOLDIER AND SPORTSMAN.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Hunt, William Morgan
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Commemorations
  • Colonial India
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, decorations, Regiment, date of death, age
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
Listing information
Condition
History
After the Partition of India in August 1947 the Frontier Force units were divided between the Indian and Pakistan Armies. It was then decided that the memorials to the Punjab Frontier Force, 'The Piffers', erected in the garrison churches should be relocated to England, and in 1951 they were installed in the Parish Church of St Luke's, Chelsea./ Having been installed in the Frontier Force Chapel within St Luke's Church in Chelsea in 1951, in 1998 this plaque was among several Frontier Force-related memorials that were donated to the National Army Museum.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
National Army Museum Accession number NAM. 1998-10-117-1
Reference
  • The National Army Museum's Accession number for this plaque is NAM 1998-10-117-1. (Items held by the National Army Museum are sometimes placed on temporary display at various sites, including the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Anyone wishing to know the precise current location of this particular memorial is therefore advised to contact the National Army Museum, quoting their reference, to ascertain exactly where it is).
  • Gloucestershire Echo 23/7/1925 (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000320/19250723/101/0004 ) reported that: "Major William Morgan Hunt D.S.O., M.C., died at Kohat, on the Indian Frontier, on Sunday from acute peritonitis. A son of Mr Longford Hunt, he entered the Army in 1900, and served in Mesopotamia during the first half of the Great War and on the North-West Frontier for the latter half, earning mention in despatches in both campaigns. He was again mentioned in despatches for his services in Afghanistan in 1919".
  • Information re the setting up of the Frontier Force Chapel within St Luke's Church in Chelsea in 1951, and the subsequent donation of most of those memorials to the National Army Museum in 1998, can be found at jullundurassociation.org/punjab-frontier-force/
  • The War Memorials Trust's record of this memorial is WMO 142612, see www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/142612/

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