Gunner 57147 George Horsley
The St Helens Reporter
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: Royal Field Artillery - 27th Bty. 32nd Bde.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 30/07/1915
Age at death: 23
Date of death: 16th of October 1918
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Vis-En-Artois Memorial - Panel 3 and 4.
Census details:
1901 - 6 years old George is living at 8 Fleet Lane, Parr, St Helens with widowed father Joseph (29) and three siblings: Mary Ellen (5), [cas=2288]Jacob Horsley[/cas] (3), William (1). 1911 - Sees 16 years old 'Pilkingtons Labourer' George and siblings Mary Ellen Horsley (15), [cas=2288]Jacob Horsley[/cas] (13), William Horsley (11), living at 23 Ramford Street, Parr, St Helens with adoptive parents William Appleton (30), Ellen Appleton (28) and their children Ellen Appleton (4), Aramynta Appleton (1).
Notes:
[note=116]Two Horsley Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Age taken from census.
[note=116]Two Horsley Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/GHorsley_RFA.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Gunner George Horsley on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
