Enlistment

• Enlisted:
• at Kettering on 10 Aug 1914. Aged 29y

• Description:
• height 5ft 4in; weight 136lbs; chest 36in; eyes Blue; Hair Light Brown; marks Patch of brown pigment on left buttock; religion Congregationalist.
  

• Occupation:
• Bricklayer's Labourer

• Previously served in:
• Territorials[?] Northamptonshire

• Next of kin:
• (wife) Jane Horsley, No.2 No.5 Court, Northall St, Kettering

Service history

31 Aug 1914

Posted to 3rd Battn Northamptonshire Regiment (10448)

11 Nov 1914

Expeditionary Force

12 Nov 1914

Posted to 1st Battn Northamptonshire Regiment

27 Apr 1915

Illness: Influenza (admitted), Boulogne

04 May 1915

Transferred to Conv Camp

06 May 1915

Transferred to Harfleur to rejoin Battn

18 Jun 1915

Punished: Being found with his equipment off, contrary to Battn orders, awarded 3 days Field Punishment no 2

14 Nov 1915

Posted. Depot

18 Nov 1915

Per HS "St Patrick" to England

22 Dec 1915

Granted furlough until 1st Jan 1916. Address while on leave will be 64 Glendon Rd, Rothwell

09 Mar 1916

Promoted L/Cpl Posted. 3rd

29 Apr 1916

Posted. 2nd. France

27 May 1916

To No.1 Entrenching Bn

13 Jul 1916

Posted. 10th Bn The Lincoln Regt

20 Jul 1916

Punished: Gambling in camp after lights out, awarded Deprived of lance stripe

08 Aug 1916

Joined 1st Battalion in the Field

20 Aug 1916

Gun Shot Wound R Thigh. Admitted

14 Sep 1916

Joined. Etaples

26 Sep 1916

Rejoined 1st Northamptonshire Regt

31 Dec 1916

Punished: [Not known], awarded 7 days Field Punishment no 2

12 Jul 1917

Granted leave to UK from 12 to 22 Jul 1917

12 Mar 1918

Transferred to Roads and Quarries Battn Royal Engineers (30777)

13 Aug 1918

Posted to 316th Road Construction Coy

03 Oct 1918

Died of accidental bomb wounds GOC memo dated 14-1-19 states "Pnr. Horsley died as the result of injuries caused by the explosion of shell fuzes packed in an Officer's kit. Pnr. Horsley was in no way to blame and was on duty at the time."

1914 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal

Letter from Kettering District Council
Death certificate of youngest child
List of personal effects
Inquiry (1)
Inquiry (2)
Inquiry (3)
Inquiry (4)

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