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We remember Vernon Adams Horsfall
We remember Vernon Adams Horsfall
Timeline
Timeline
service
British Army
Second Lieutenant
West Riding Regiment
Source:1964708
1916
death
Killed in Action
Thiepval
France
Source:9478170
3rd September 1916
burial
France
Source:9478170
Details
Details
Names
| Type | Name |
|---|---|
| First Names | Vernon Adams |
| Initials | VA |
| Last Name | Horsfall |
| Source | 1964708 |
Gender
| Gender | Source |
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| Male |
Contribution
Military Service
Military Service
| Service | Number | Unit | Section | Rank | Source |
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| British Army | West Riding Regiment | Second Lieutenant |
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Second Lieutenant Vernon Adams HorsfallSecond Lieutenant Vernon Adams Horsfall. Unit: 4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Death: 3 September 1916, killed in action, Thiepval, Somme, Western Front. | CWGC family information: son of J. Clay Horsfall and Annie C. Horsfall, of 30, Park Avenue, Southport. | Head portrait press cutting
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Communities
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Halifax and Calder Valley men of the West Riding Regiment buried in Mill Road British Military Cemetery, Connaught British Military Cemetery or are remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to The MissingMore about Halifax and Calder Valley men of the West Riding Regiment buried in Mill Road British Military Cemetery, Connaught British Military Cemetery or are remembered on the Thiepval Memorial to The Missing
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Officers and men mentioned in the war diaries of the West Riding Regiment covering the attack on the Schwaben Redoubt, Thiepval in September 1916More about Officers and men mentioned in the war diaries of the West Riding Regiment covering the attack on the Schwaben Redoubt, Thiepval in September 1916
Evidence
Evidence
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Official Records
| Title | Connected by | More information |
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| Medal Index Card | ||
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription | Wayne51525 | |
| Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription | Wayne51525 | |
| 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription | Wayne51525 |
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Multimedia
| Title | Connected by | More information |
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| Obituary photo in Halifax Courier | Wayne51525 | |
| Obituary in Halifax Courier | Wayne51525 | |
| Second Lieutenant Vernon Adams Horsfall | Wayne51525 |
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