BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF JAMES (1872-1934) AND ANNIE DENT (1875-1911), OF 21 EDWARDS AVENUE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. SECOND OF FIVE CHILDREN. A SCHOOL NEWSBOY. EMPLOYED LATER AT EARLE’S YARD. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/03/1918, AGED 19. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER JAMES. COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
First name:
WILLIAM HORNER
Military Number:
78020
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/03/1918
Place died:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
21 EDWARDS AVENUE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
