We remember Horace Edmund Courtney

We remember Horace Edmund Courtney

Timeline

Timeline

1896
birth Maidenhead, Berkshire United Kingdom Source:977944 20th January 1896
1915
enlistment Reading, Berkshire United Kingdom Source:977944 1st November 1915
1915
service British Army Lance Corporal 137749 Royal Engeneers 237th Field Company Source:977944 1st November 1915 - 5th November 1918
1916
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:977944 May 1916
1924
marriage Marjorie Kathleen Mellett Source:977944 16th November 1924 - April 1941
service British Army Lance Corporal 137749 Royal Engineers Training Centre Newark Source:977944
1941
death War Related Sickness Cancer of Spine, due to shrapnel received during the war. Wooburn Green, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom Source:977944 April 1941

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Horace Edmund
Initials HE
Last Name Courtney
Source 977944
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 137749 Royal Engineers Training Centre Newark Lance Corporal
British Army 137749 Royal Engeneers 237th Field Company Lance Corporal
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Fanny Courtney, Nee Miskin mother
Edmund Courtney father
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Marjorie Kathleen Mellett wife 16th November 1924
Religion
DateReligionSource
Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

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