| Other Info | Born in July 1894. Prior to joining up his occupation was a Brass Dresser. Died age 23. Son of Edwin and Rose Horne of 3 Back 146 Aston Brook Street, Birmingham.
He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Panel 75 to 77.
He attested for the 5th (Special Reserve) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, in February 1914. He transferred to the 2nd Battalion with the outbreak of WW1.
The 2nd Battalion took part in a successful raid on Auchy, 1st - 2nd July 1916, during which Horne received a gunshot wound to the eye and was hospitalised. He returned to active duty on 11th July 1916, to discover that in XI Army Corps Routine Orders of 10th July he had been awarded an Immediate Military Medal, his being one of 9 listed to the 2nd Battalion all for gallant conduct during the raid.
After a period of leave in the UK, He returned to the 2nd Battalion and was wounded in action again, this time at Croisilles, 23rd May 1917. He suffered another shrapnel wound on the 27th September 1917, and was hospitalised for several weeks. He again rejoined the 2nd Battalion in November 1917, as they were in trenches east of Passchendaele. The 2nd Battalion were withdrawn back to a support position near Seine Farm, and Horne was killed in action on 4th December 1917.
His Military Medal was originally sold at Sotheby’s in March 1988 and reunited with his other medals, All four medals (which included the M.M.) were sold at Dix Noonan Webb by auction on the 27th September 1917 for £500. |
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