Name
Thomas Herbert Johnstone Horsman
1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/07/1916
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
7732
London Regiment (London Scottish)
1st/14th (County of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 9 C and 13 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Berkhamsted Town Memorial, St Peter's Church Memorial, Berkhamsted, Berkhamsted Collegiate School, Berkhamsted
Pre War
Thomas Herbert Johnstone Horsman was born in 1897 in Brome, Suffolk, the son of Alfred and Jane Horsman and one of three children.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at The Cottage, Broome, Suffolk where his father was living on his own means and employing two servants. They had moved to 21 St Augustine Road, Bedford by 1911 and Thomas was educated at Bedford Grammar School from 1909. He then attended Berkhamsted School and left in 1913.
His parents later lived at The Bungalow, Condette, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Wartime Service
Thomas enlisted in London and served with the 1st/14th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish).
He was killed in action on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £2 6s 11d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild
