Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Scarborough (Manor Road) Cemetery | K. 7. 26 | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Early Life :
This soldier and freemason has been brought to our attention by F. Fox of the Friends of Dean Road and Manor Road Cemetery, to whom this project is grateful and this research is credited.William Henry Hunstone was born on the 14th February 1874 in Salford, Manchester. His father was also William Henry and his mother Mary Ann Hunstone.
Education & Career :
William junior was an Electrical Engineer by profession and entered the employ of the Great Central Railway Co. in 1898. He was the Clerk of Works overseeing the installation of important plants at various locations until appointed Station Engineer at the company’s Power Station at Nottingham. He later became the District Electrical Engineer with headquarters in Nottingham.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
| Unit / Ship / Est.: General List |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
His last duty was as Embarkation Staff Officer at Newcastle-on-Tyne as part of the General List.
Detail :
He served as part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Egypt and went on to serve at Gallipoli.
William Henry contracted influenza whilst serving on the General List, as an Embarkation Staff Officer in Newcastle-on-Tyne and died of pneumonia on the 18th February 1919. He is buried in Manor Road Cemetery, Scarborough and his grave (K.7.26) is marked by a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.
Citations & Commemorations :
William Henry Hunstone is commemorated in the UK, Electrical Engineer World War I and World War II Rolls of Honour, 1924, 1949 and also remembered amongst the Rugby fraternity of Nottingham.Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Shakespeare No. 1009 E.C. | East Lancashire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
1st February 1907 | 1st March 1907 | 5th April 1907 |
William was initiated into Shakespeare Lodge No. 1009 on the 1st day of February, 1907, being passed and raised in March and April respectively. He was aged 31, an Electrical Engineer and resident at 14 Belgrave Square, Nottingham. He received his Grand Lodge certificate 1st August, 1908.
His father was possibly the same William Henry Hunstone of Zetland Lodge No. 1154, also homed at Salford, however in some documents he is listed as and engineer and within masonic record as an Ironfounder, presumably working at the Spring Field Iron Works in Salford. The question here is why would William junior not become an initiate of Zetland Lodge, an easy proposition for father and son?
The contribution record also shows that he was one of five members who were called to war service, but by far William was the longest serving. His contributions are marked in arrears for 1914-1915, but war service is then recorded until his death in 1919.
Whilst subjective, it is the view of this project that William should have been included in the original Masonic Roll of Honour and on the 1933 Scroll.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley