Captain
John
Hugh
Gunner
Born in Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Richards Gunner
and Jessie Kate Mason
Brother of
Charles James Gunner, Daisy Mary Gunner, Thomas Ridge Gunner, Walter Robin Gunner, Benjamin George Gunner MC, Edward Geoffrey Gunner R.N. and Margaret Elizabeth Kate Gunner
Husband of
Dorothy (Kirby) Gunner
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
John Paul Gunner and Geoffrey Hamilton Gunner
Died
at about age 34
in Kemmel, Belgium
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Nov 2014
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Biography
John Hugh was born in 1884[1], the child of Charles Gunner and Jessie Mason, and in 1891 was living with his parents at the family house in Droxford. He was educated at Malborough College, playing for the college cricket team in 1901 and captaining it in 1902. Subsequently he played for his college (Trinity) at Cambridge, and represented Hampshire in six first class matches, including one against the West Indies in 1906[2].
In 1909[3] he married Dorothy, daughter of barrister Thomas Frederick Kirby and Helen Hunter. By 1911[4] the young couple were living in Botley, Hampshire, with their five month old son, John Paul Gunner. Subsequently they moved to Bournemouth, and a second son, Geoffrey Hamilton Gunner was born in 1915.
On 9 Aug 1918, with the end of the War only three months away, John Hugh Gunner, then a Captain in the Hampshire Carabineers Yeomanry, died from wounds sustained at Kemmel, in Belgium[5]. He was buried at La Clytte Military Cemetery,[6]
After John Hugh's death his family moved to 60 Kingsgate Street, Winchester. His sons both joined the Royal Navy in the inter-war years and served throughout WW2.
Sources
- ↑ England and Wales Birth GRO Q3 1884 Droxford Vol2c p131
- ↑ Wikipedia:John Gunner
- ↑ England and Wales Marriage GRO Q3 1909 Winchester Vol2c 273
- ↑ 1911 Census RG14-6049 ED1 Sched 66 Parish Botley Registration South Stoneham Registration No.100 Sub-registration South Stoneham
- ↑ Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England: "GUNNER John Hugh of 5 Warren-road Bournemouth captain Hampshire Carabineers Yeomanry died 9 August 1918 in Flanders Probate London 3 October to Dorothy Gunner widow. Effects £2035."
- ↑ Commonwealth War Graves Commission database, entry John Hugh Gunner. Grave ref VI C7
UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919. Ancestry.co.uk
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