Lance Corporal John Edmund Hunter, No.2 Commando kia 13/9/43 Salerno

[Photo cropped from a troop photo in the gallery].

Lance Corporal John Hunter, 5 troop, was killed in action during operations at Dragone Hill, Salerno, and was originally buried by the 6th Yorks and Lancs. However his grave was never again found.
John Edmund Hunter of The Crescent, Hall Lane, Horsforth, was an old boy of Aireborough Grammar School, and later a clerical officer with the Inland Revenue in London. A Territorial with the London Rifle Brigade he previously served in Norway and Malta. His wife was a Corporal in the WAAFs.

In Memory of 6968214 Lance Corporal John Edmund Hunter
Rifle Brigade and No.2 Commando
who died on 13 September 1943 Italy
Remembered with honour at the Cassino Memorial