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Surname: HORNER
Forename(s): Charles
Place of Birth: Halton Gill, Yorkshire
Service No: 266239
Rank: Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/6th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1918-04-29
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VI. D. 5.
CWGC Cemetery: LA CLYTTE MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BURNSALL, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Charles Horner was the son of Anthony and Agnes Ada Horner, née Hughes. Anthony was born at Hawkswick, Yorkshire and Agnes at Corwen, Merionethshire, Wales, the daughter of William and Rebecca Hughes. Anthony and Agnes were married at Corwen on the 24 May 1892. In 1891 Agnes, a school mistress, at Halton Gill School, was lodging with George and Dorothy Easterby at Halton Gill; their son, Private John Easterby (49718) (q.v.), was killed in the Great War.
1901 Halton Gill, Yorkshire Census: Charles Horner, aged 6 years, born Halton Gill. [Charles and his brother William were living with their grandmother, Recaba [sic] Hughs [sic], widow.]
1911 Manchester, Lancashire Census: 43, Premier Street, Brook's Bar - Charles Horner, aged 17 years, born Halton Gill, Yorkshire, son of Agnes Ada Horner, widow.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Cpl Charles Horner, 266239, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Cpl Charles Horner, 266239, 1/6 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 29.4.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Cpl Charles Horner, 266239, 1/6th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 29.4.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Agnes A. £5 5s. 10d. Self. War Gratuity: Mother - Agnes. £16 10s 0d. At Brother William's request: Mother - Agnes A. £5 5s. 10d. Brother - Arthur. £5 5s. 10d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Charles.
A short biography of Charles is included in: ‘Swaledale & Wharfedale Remembered – Aspects of Dales’ life through peace and war’ by Keith Taylor (2006).
See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Corporal Charles HORNER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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Agnes Ada Horner, née Hughes, the mother of Corporal Charles Horner
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Agnes and her sons
Left to right: Arthur, Charles and William
Private Charles Horner
William Horner, the brother of Corporal Charles Horner
Private William Horner, the brother of Corporal Charles Horner
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17 May 1918
Corporal Charles Horner, Halton Gill
We learn with regret that Corporal Charles Horner, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, son of the late Mr. Anthony Horner, of Halton Gill, and of Mrs. Horner, 54 Park Road, Morecambe, was killed in action on April 29th. Twenty-three years of age, he enlisted soon after the outbreak of war and had been three times wounded. Writing to the bereaved mother, Lieut. Harold Hopwood, of Skipton, says:–
“Your son was killed by a piece of shell last Monday and his death was instantaneous. All his effects were collected and will reach you in due course. I have known your son for a long time personally, seeing that I live in Skipton, and I took rather a greater interest in him than in most of the other fellows. Your son was always a true soldier, willing to do any duty, and, better still, cheerful when he was doing it. He was a boy of great promise and if he had lived his promotion with us would have been very rapid. All the boys of the platoon wish me to express their sympathy and all say that his loss is felt very keenly amongst them. We cannot understand why he should be taken away from us in his best years and full of promise, but can only say, as we have done about the many others we have lost – ‘Thy will be done.’”
Mrs. Horner has two other sons fighting in France – one with the Manchester Regiment, and the other, the youngest, with the Coldstream Guards.
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