Royal Engineers, Pioneers, Service no. 350118
Born: 18th June 1874. Died: 1st December 1943
Story
Emmanuel was the son of George Hunter and Jane Webster and was born in Kippax. He married Edith Jane Garrood on 16th August 1899 in Kippax, and they had a daughter Elsie Winfield Webster on 2nd June 1902 in Castleford, before they moved to Middlesbrough. Emmanuel enlisted with the Royal Engineers on 28 April 1918. He was nearly 44 years-old, 5ft 10 inches tall, and worked as a Clerk for a Brewery. Emmanuel served in Italy, supporting the Italian army against the Austrian-Hungarian forces. The Royal Engineers would have repaired and cleared roads, like the one pictured below, to help the Italians pursue the enemy who were in retreat during the latter part of 1918. Emmanuel was called up on 28 May 1918. His Army papers contain a short letter from his wife Edith, written 28th June 1918, explaining that she cannot find the birth certificate of her daughter Elsie, who was 16, so she could not send it to the Army. During training, Emmanuel was confined to Barracks for two days on 10th July 1918 for being unshaven on the 8:10am parade. He landed in Italy on 3rd November 1918, and served until 24th January 1919, before leaving the Army on 25th February 1919. After the War, he resumed work as a Brewery Clerk, and was living at 27 Rosslyn Terrace, Sunderland, when he died at Sunderland Infirmary, aged 69. His estate of £661 18s 6d went to his widow, and daughter.
Pictured below: ruins on the road to Nervesa, Piave sector, Italy, December 1918
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