Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: Louis Francis Huntley

Ancestor's date of birth: 17/08/1881

Ancestor's date of death: 27/04/1917

Cause of Death: Died in WW1 in the trenches of the Somme

Service Number: 4321

Colony or State of enlistment: Not applicable, Place of Enlistment: Lambeth London UK

Unit: B Squadron, 3rd Dragoon Guards 8th Division

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: Detail not provided

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): 2LT, Date Effective: Detail not provided

Murray Page: Not applicable did not serve in an Australian unit

Contingent: Not applicable

Ship: Not known

Memorial details: He has no grave his name is on the Avras Wall. Edinbrugh Castle Book of Rememberence and Norwick Castle Museum Book of Rememberence

Decorations: King's South Africa Medal 1901-1902

Personal Characteristics: Wrote a poem to his parents, he was disillusioned with war.

Reasons to go and fight: Adventure, he was young, 20.

Details of service in war: He was in South Africa until 1903. From Harrismith we have a number of brief letters and a poem from his Boer War Service.

Service and life after the Boer War: He was a Police Constable in Yorkshire before he went to WW1. In WW1 he was wounded in the leg. He was sent home recovered and rejoined a different Unit.He sent a lovely post card from WW1. While on leave he and my grandmother conceived a child. He went back to Avsas and got blown up! (5314 Scots Guards in WW1,then 5321 Gordon Highlanders)

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Clare Dorey, Mt Colah NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great grand daughter

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