BORN MARKET WEIGHTON, BEVERLEY, 12 MAR 1886. FOURTH SON OF CHARLES MARSHALL HORNER (1842-1912) & ELIZABETH WELDRICK (1846-1905), OF BEVERLEY. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. ADOPTED SON OF MR DIXON, AT 16 , TEMPLE STREET, HULL (ADDRESS FROM HULL DAILY MAIL, 28/05/1918).
HE WAS A REGULARE SOLDIER WITH THE 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, BASED AT WALKINGTOM, BEVERLEY (1911 CENSUS)
ENLISTED HULL. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 17/05/1918, AGED 34.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, GEORGE HORNER, 38234, YORK & LANCS REGIMENT, WAS KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 02/07/1917, AGED 36, LEAVING A WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN, AT 4 SHOE LAND, BEVERLEY.
BOTH BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE BEVERLEY WW1 MEMORIAL.
First name:
CHARLES MARSHALL
Military Number:
37423
Rank:
Private
Date Died
17/05/1918
Place died:
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
34
16, TEMPLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
