The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W E Hornby

Photograph by "International War Graves Photography Project"

Private Walter Edward HORNBY, G/29704, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 14th August 1918.

Born Redbourn, Hertfordshire, son of Walter M Hornby.

1911 Census - 57 Lawrence Road, South Ealing, London W - Walter Machon Hornby, head, age 42, married, dairy manager, dairy trade, worker, born Flamstead, Hertfordshire; Emily Louisa Hornby, wife, age 32, married 16 years, 7 children, 6 still alive, born Redbourn, Hertfordshire; Edith Emily Hornby, daughter, age 14, born Enfield. Middlesex; Violet Olive Hornby, daughter, age 12, born Redbourn, Hertfordshire; Walter Edward Hornby, son, age 11, born Redbourn, Hertfordshire; Barbara Hornby, daughter, age 9, born Cricklewood, Middlesex; Hilda Hornby, daughter, age 4, born Leytonstone, Essex; Harold Machon Hornby, son, age 2, born Islington, Middlesex.

Entry crossed through - Bertha Hornby, daughter, age 1, born Wealdstone, Middlesex. (died).

Enlisted Clipstone Camp, Bedfordshire. Resided Luton, Bedfordshire.

Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, XXV. B. 25., Belgium.

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