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Click on image to purchase photographic copy or purchase download at bottom of page. LIEUTENANT LESLIE WHITAKER HUNTER OXFORD AND BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY 
LIEUTENANT LESLIE WHITAKER HUNTER (COLL., 1898-1905) was born on April 1st, 1886—son of Leslie Hunter Esq., of Barnes—and came into College from Mr. S. C. Newton's school at St. John's Wood. He was Prefect of Hall from 1904 to 1905, and headed the list for the Goddard Scholarship in three successive years ; he won the King's Gold Medals for English Essay and Latin Essay, the Warden and Fellows' Prizes for Greek Prose and Greek Iambics, the Moore-Stevens Prize for Divinity, the Hawkins Prize for English Literature and the Headmaster's Prize for Modern Languages, and headed the Roll ad Oxon. in 1905: he also played one year in College XV. His career at Oxford was brilliant : he took First Classes in Classical Moderations and Literae Humaniores, and won the Craven, Derby, and Passmore Edwards Scholarships, the Chancellor's Prizes for Latin Verse and Latin Essay and the Gaisford Prizes for Greek Verse and Greek Prose. He was elected to a Fellowship at Magdalen College in 1909 and three years later returned to New College as Fellow and Lecturer. Early in 1915 he joined the 4th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry and spent several months in training at Oxford. He was killed in action at Pozieres on August 13th, 1916—his first day in the trenches. His company had been under heavy bombard-ment all day and he and his Captain were the only officers left un-wounded. The latter had to send out a bombing party to attack a trench taken by the Germans and was compelled to put him in charge, although he had had no previous experience of trench work. After he had started another officer arrived and was sent to take charge instead, but Mr. Hunter refused to be relieved and was killed soon after by an enemy bomb. He left a sum of money to Winchester College to found an annual prize for an essay in Classical Archaeology. Purchase Downloadable Photo Of Lt L W Hunter Choose Return to WW1Photos.com option after payment to be taken to photo to download. Any problems with the download contact orders@ww1photos.com and I will email it to you. |