Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders	British War & Victory Medals	Heilly Station Cemetery
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
After 1 Jan 1916	~	Welford on Avon
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Other War Memorials
Battle of Flers–Courcelette (Somme)	After 22 Sep 1915 Stratford on Avon	~
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
near Martinpuich	~

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Horace is listed as dying of his wounds on 21 Sep 1916. We cannot be certain when he was wounded but most likely he was wounded and died on 21 Sep 1916. The Battalion War Diary for the 18th to 25th September 1916 is transcribed below:

18th Sept 1916 - Becourt Wood:- Move up from Lavieville to Becourt Wood where a halt was made for one night.

19th Sept 1916 - High Wood:- Relieved the 47th Division and come into Brigade support to the 1st Camerons in High Wood area. Very quit period and time occupied in clearing trenches in consequence of the bad weather. On 21/9/1916 2/Lt C.G. Stevens was sent down suffering from shell shock

21st to 25th Sept 1916 - High Wood:- Took over front line from 1st Camerons and discovered that the German line opposite had been evacuted. Consquently we took possession of it and dug an advance front line about 100 yards in front of it. During this period our casualties amounted to about 50 other ranks.