Trumpeter 2384 Walter Horton
Regiment/Unit: 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's) -
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Date Entered Therein: 13/10/1914
Age at death: 23
Date of death: 14th of July 1916
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Ashton-Under-Lyne
Burial / Memorial: Thiepval Memorial - Pier and Face 1 A.
Census details:
1901 - 9 years old 'pauper' Walter and brother [cas=2290]John Horton[/cas] are inmates at West Derby Union Cottage Homes, Fazakerley, Liverpool. 1911 - 18 years old 'soldier' Walter is serving in the Military and based in India.
Notes:
[note=191]Four Horton Brothers who died in The Great War[/note]
[note=191]Four Horton Brothers who died in The Great War[/note]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/2384WalterHorton.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/Trumpeter_W_Horton.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Thiepval Memorial bearing the
inscription for Trumpeter Walter Horton
(Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
