1883 Feb 2 born Wandsworth, Surrey
William George Alfred Bunting Baptism Baptism Date: 11 Apr 1883 at Battersea St Paul, Wandsworth Father: William Henry Bunting Mother: Leah Bunting
1891 census at Cromer, Norfolk
1900 Aug 10. Enlisted #4259 in AOC
1909 Aug 9 discharged to reserve (he was a further 4 years in Reserve)
1911 census He is single, and a Fitter boarding at 15 Claybrooke Road, Fulham
1911 Oct 14 married London to Mabel Eugene Price - the landlady's daughter
1914 Feb 13 Down on his luck. As there were children bonr in 1914, 1917 and 1918 to his wife, it is difficult to see what was going on.
1914 Jul 4 Admitted to Fulham Workhouse
1914 Aug 22 enlists RE
1915 Jun 12 Theft charge
1915 Jul 30 posted to France
1917 Apr 22 posted back to UK
1917 Sep 28 Discharged RE after 3 years 28 days #41137. Medically unfir
1918 Jun 24 Joined RAF
1919 Apr 9 transfered to RAF Reserve
1919 Jul 14 Enlists in RE. He says he was in RAOC from 1900 to 1912. And RAF #261369 and RE. He was married to Mabel Eugene Price
1920 Feb 2 Discharged
1921 Jan 21 enlisted with RIC no 78168. Fitter, Turner, ex-Soldier
1931 Oct 6 His father contacts War Office as he has lost touch with his son
1931 Dec 11. His father writes to the War Office to say that his solicitors have established contact with his son
1939 Register Living with Caroline Hatton at 13 Sydney Street, Plymouth, He is a widowed fitter & turner in textile engineering. His wife Mabel is meantime still living in Claybrook Road with her three children (she died in 1959)
1950 Nov 15 Died Plymouth