BORN HULL 1894. SON OF THOMAS & MARY ANN HORSFIELD, OF KEIGHLEY. A LEATHER WORKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 113 LBS WEIGHT, 35-38 INCH CHEST, FRESH COMPXION, BROWN EYES, BROWN HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION, “FAIR WORKER, HONEST & RELIABEL”. HE JOINED THE ARMY AT ALDERSHOT, ON 28/10/1912.
HE HAD PREVIOUSLEY SERVED IN THE 3RD LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT AND 6TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT.
POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 09/09/1914, WITH THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY (5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotttes Own). GUN SHOT WOUNDS TO THE HEAD. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 27/03/1918, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTTO HIS MOTHER, MARY ANN HORSFIELD.
HE IS BURIED AT ST SEVER CEMETERY, FRANCE.
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Military Number:
7579
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/03/1918
Place died:
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
24
13, DOVE ROW, BINGLEY, KEIGHLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE, UK
