On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:05:40 -0500, "Peter Gower" <peter.gower@sympatico.ca> wrote: >Now, does anybody have any information, further to what is on the CWGC website, on 9193 Private Charles Huntback, 17th Bn., Manchester Regiment. If he is the man I am looking for, he had been in Canada (Battersea, Ontario) for 'some few years' before 1914, but came from England. he was married in mid-May 1916. Soldiers Died in the Great War says: Number 9193 Rank Private Name Charles HUNTBACK Bn 17th Battalion Regt Manchester Regiment. How Died Killed in Action When Died 01/07/1916 Where Died France & Flanders. Born Market Drayton, Shropshire Enlisted Manchester Resided Blackley, Manchester. Given the Manchester connection, I looked at the index to the 14-volume National Roll of the Great War, but he is not shown. However the index does have one other similar name - G H Huntbach, who is apparently mentioned in the Salford Volume. Salford is near Manchester, so there might be a connection. Huntback/Huntbach is a very unusual name, and there's only one other soldier listed in SDIGW: Number: 305150 Rank L/Cpl Name Arthur HUNTBACK, Battalion 1/8th Battalion, Regt Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) How Died Killed in Action When Died 28/07/1917 Where Died France & Flanders. Born Nottingham Enlisted Carlton, Notts This man is listed as Arthur Albert *Huntbach* by the CWGC, the entry being at http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=53478 with Nottingham next of kin. Given the Canadian connection, I looked at the Canadian expeditionary Force database at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02010602_e.html for both spellings, and found only one hit - 51213 Ernest Huntbach, born 12 Oct 1893. See http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc007/408940a.gif and http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc007/408940b.gif He is of particular interest because he was also born in Shropshire (like your Charles), and his next of kin is William Huntbach, of Battersea, Ontario. He was a member of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry when he died in 1915 and is listed by the CWGC at http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=282964 If you are looking for a Battersea Huntback who was born in England and killed in WW1, then maybe Ernest Huntbach of the PPCLI is the chap you want? Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher
There a birth registered for a Charlie Huntbach at Market Drayton in 1890. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Forrest Anderson" <listmail@military-researcher.com> To: <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Charles Huntback > On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:05:40 -0500, "Peter Gower" > <peter.gower@sympatico.ca> wrote: > >>Now, does anybody have any information, further to what is on the CWGC >>website, on 9193 Private Charles Huntback, 17th Bn., Manchester Regiment. >>If he is the man I am looking for, he had been in Canada (Battersea, >>Ontario) for 'some few years' before 1914, but came from England. he was >>married in mid-May 1916. > > Soldiers Died in the Great War says: > > Number 9193 > Rank Private > Name Charles HUNTBACK > Bn 17th Battalion > Regt Manchester Regiment. > How Died Killed in Action > When Died 01/07/1916 > Where Died France & Flanders. > Born Market Drayton, Shropshire > Enlisted Manchester > Resided Blackley, Manchester. > > Given the Manchester connection, I looked at the index to the > 14-volume National Roll of the Great War, but he is not shown. However > the index does have one other similar name - G H Huntbach, who is > apparently mentioned in the Salford Volume. Salford is near > Manchester, so there might be a connection. > > Huntback/Huntbach is a very unusual name, and there's only one other > soldier listed in SDIGW: > > Number: 305150 > Rank L/Cpl > Name Arthur HUNTBACK, > Battalion 1/8th Battalion, > Regt Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and > Derbyshire Regiment) > How Died Killed in Action > When Died 28/07/1917 > Where Died France & Flanders. > Born Nottingham > Enlisted Carlton, Notts > > This man is listed as Arthur Albert *Huntbach* by the CWGC, the entry > being at > http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=53478 with > Nottingham next of kin. > > Given the Canadian connection, I looked at the Canadian expeditionary > Force database at > http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02010602_e.html for both > spellings, and found only one hit - 51213 Ernest Huntbach, born 12 Oct > 1893. See http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc007/408940a.gif and > http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc007/408940b.gif > > He is of particular interest because he was also born in Shropshire > (like your Charles), and his next of kin is William Huntbach, of > Battersea, Ontario. > > He was a member of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry > when he died in 1915 and is listed by the CWGC at > http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=282964 > > If you are looking for a Battersea Huntback who was born in England > and killed in WW1, then maybe Ernest Huntbach of the PPCLI is the chap > you want? > > Forrest > > -- > Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. > E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com > Website: www.military-researcher.com > Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message