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Name: Harold Esmond HORSLEY
Casualty No.: Ranks: Lance Corporal Initials: HE Service No.: 2494
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Horsley, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Age at Death: 27
Unit: 1st/5th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (Territorial Force)
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Place Enlisted: Gosforth, Northumberland.
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How Died: Killed in action
Date of Death: Sunday 1st October 1916
Place of Death: Somme, France.
Battle/Campaign: Battles of the Somme, France, 1916.
Locally Commemorated: No
UK Commemorated: -
Overseas Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Buried: No known grave.
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Photographs: 1
Service Records: No
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Family Details:
Son of George Thomas and Ellen M Horsley of 18 Holborn Terrace, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Notes : Gained Bachelor of Science degree at Durham University, Co Durham.
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.
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