HORTON Victor

  • First Name(s):
    Victor 
  • Surname:
    HORTON
  • Service Number:
    27228
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    20th November 1917
  • Age At Death:
    24
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, Panel 75 to 77.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and enlisted Redditch, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mrs Sarah Horton, 69 Beoley Rd., Redditch

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

HORTON Victor Is Named On These Memorials

Redditch St George’s Church WW1 Memorial

Further Information About HORTON Victor

The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, Saturday 29th December 1917:
Worcestershire Regiment Casualties
Killed
Horton V. (27228) from Redditch

Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger digitised by and courtesy of Martin Stephens:   http://www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk

On the 1911 census Victor, aged 17, Fishing Rod Maker lived with his mother Sarah Ann at 69 Beoley Road, Redditch.

Victor Horton has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Tyne Cot Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by Jillian Coombes.