Name
William George Horn
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/10/1916
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Guardsman
25509
Grenadier Guards
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ROYSTON CHURCH ADDITIONAL BURIAL GROUND
N/A
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Royston Town War Memorial
Pre War
He parents were William and Sarah Ann Horn.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in the army in February 1916 and was posted to France in August of that year. He was wounded in the late September 1916 and evacuated to a base hospital. He was then transferred to King Georges Hospital, London, where he died of his wounds.
Additional Information
William's headstone (not CWGC) bears the inscription:
PT. WILLIAM GEORGE HORN 2ND BATT. GRENADIER GUARDS.
WHO DIED OCTOBER 17 1916 OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION IN FRANCE AGED 20 YEARS
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
His mother and sister (Hilda Mary) also share the grave.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
