Private 241737 Jacob Horsley
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 2nd/4th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 4222, S Lancs R.
Age at death: 20
Date of death: 10th of June 1918
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Bagneux British Cemetery Gezaincourt - III. B. 12.
Census details:
1901 - 3 years old Jacob is living at 8 Fleet Lane, Parr, St Helens with widowed father Joseph (29) and siblings [cas=2287]George Horsley[/cas] (6), Mary Ellen (5), William (1). 1911 - Sees Orphand 13 years old 'Labourer' Jacob, brothers [cas=2287]George Horsley[/cas] (16), William Horsley (11) and sister Mary Ellen Horsley (15) living at 23 Ramford Street, Parr, St Helens with adoptive parents William Appleton (30), Ellen Appleton (28) and children Ellen Appleton (4), Aramynta Appleton (1).
Notes:
M.M. [note=116]Two Horsley Brothers who died in The Great War[/note]
M.M. [note=116]Two Horsley Brothers who died in The Great War[/note]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/HorsleyJ_MM.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/J_Horsley_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Jacob Horseley MM at Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
