BORN HULL 1899. ELDEST SON OF CHARLES LAMBERT HORSLEY & FLORENCE HEAD, OF 360 HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. SON OF A FISHERMAN. BROTHERS LEONARD AND HAROLD AND SISTER FLORENCE.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 21/05/1917. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 19/01/1918. SERVED WITH THE 2ND WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING ON 25/3/1918, AGED 19. BEFORE THE WAR, EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. LISTED ON THE WILSON LINE CRICKET & ATHLETIC CLUB’S ROH.
First name:
CHARLES
Military Number:
52981
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/03/1918
Place died:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
