78th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (British Army)
Died:
23/07/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age:
29
Summary
Joseph Hunter was born about 1887. Joseph Hunter lived in Killyberry, Bellaghy for a time. Gunner Joseph Hunter was serving with C Battery, 78th Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery when he was killed in action on 23rd July 1916 at the Somme. He was 29 years old. He is also commemorated on the memorial in Bellaghy Presbyterian Church. He was the brother of Miss Elizabeth Hunter, of 3 Windsor Cottages, Scotstoun, Glasgow.
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, next to the village of Thiepval, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July.
