Private Herbert Horton, 12814
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- Unit - Labour Corps
- Section - 22nd Labour Company
- Date of Birth - 25/4/1888
- Died - 28/09/1917
- Age - 29
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the youngest son of Mary Ann Horton. Prior to enlistment he had been a waggoner. He died in hospital suffering from the effects of gas shells that had caused him to become blind, together with other complications. His elder brother John Robert also fell.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - Gas Wounds
- Place of death - Hospital
- Burial Place - Vii F 15, Dozinghem Military Cemetery
- Birth Place - John Street, Oakham
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Labour Corps
- Former Unit - South Staffordshire Regiment
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Dozinghem Mil. Cem., Westvleteren, Belgium
- Born - John Street, Oakham, Rutland
- Enlisted - 31/3/16 In Oakham, Rutland
- Place of Residence - Langham, Rutland, England
- Memorial - BARLEYTHORPE & LANGHAM MEM., RUTLAND
