BORN BEVERLEY 1881. SON OF CHARLES MARSHALL HORNER (1842-1912) AND ELIZABETH WELDRICK (1846-1905), OF 20 RAYWELL STREET, HULL. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. MARRIED NELLIE BEATRICE HALL, AT SKIDBY, 17/07/1907. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN, LIVING T 10 SLOE LANE, BEVERLEY. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8.5 INCHES TALL, CHEST SIZE 37-40 INCHES. WORKED AS A TANNER’S LABOURER.
ENLISTED BEVERLEY, ON 10/12/1915. EX. 24605 EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE 14TH YORK AND LANCS REGIMENT, ON 01/09/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 15/10/1916. KILLED IN ACTION. HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, CHARLES MARSHALL HORNER, 9TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 17/05/1918, AGED 32. BOTH NAMES ARE LISTED ON THE BEVERLEY WW1 MEMORIAL.
First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
38234
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/07/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
36
