Name
Horace Spencer Francis
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/08/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
58015
The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
17th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 4 and 6.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Hoddesdon and Rye Park Town Memorial, Hoddesdon,
St Catherine and St Paul’s Church Memorial, Hoddesdon
Pre War
Born in 1897 in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire son of Cyril Spencer and Kate Ferris (Scott) Francis and living in Woodland View, Hoddesdon in 1901 and in 86 Amwell Street, Hoddesdon in 1911.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hoddesdon formerly 174, London Divisional Cyclist Company and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Horace is also commemorated on the family headstone in Hoddesdon Cemetery. His part of the inscription reads:
ALSO HORACE (Francis) SON OF ABOVE (Kate Francis)
KILLED IN ACTION AUGUST 1917 AGED 20 YEARS
KILLED IN ACTION AUGUST 1917 AGED 20 YEARS
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
