Robert Hunter was born in West Kilbride in 1885 the son of John Hunter a greenkeeper at the local golf club and would follow in his fathers footsteps and enter the profession of golf. Robert would become a member of The Professional Golfers' Asociation, Scottish Section in 1913 prior to war service. He was highly though of at the West Kilbride Club where he was professionl/greenkeeper his name being recorded in glowing terms.

Enlisting in the 1st Battalion  Cameron Highlanders he would go off to fight in France. Elevated to Lance Corporal, Robert Hunted fell in action at the Somme on the 20th January 1917 aged 32 and is buried at the Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. His name also appears on the West Kilbride WWI memorial.

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