The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A G Horlock

Photograph by "International War Graves Photography Project"

Private Alfred George HORLOCK, G/17027 or G/17020 or G/7020; 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 10th April 1917, age 40.

Born Sledham, near Midhurst, Sussex, son of John & Martha Horlock, Abinger Bottom, Dorking, Surrey.

31st October 1908, Parish Church, Oakwood, Alfred George Horlock, age 33, bachelor, carter, Oakwood, father John Horlock, carter, married Charlotte Longhurst, age 51, spinster, Oakwood, father Lee Longhurst, (deceased), labourer.

Enlisted Guildford, Surrey, age 39 years & 3 months, height 5ft 4½ inches, 147lbs, wart right knee cap, fresh complexion, blue eyes, fair hair. Resided The Lane near The Crown Inn, Virginia Water, Surrey / Springfield Cotts, Virginia Water, Surrey. Formerly farm carter.

Home, 29th July 1916 to 17th October 1916; BEF, 18th October 1916 to 10th April 1917.

29th July 1916, Called up for Service; 31st July 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th October 1916, Infantry Base Depot.

4th November 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 9/- a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week will cease.

5th November 1917, pension of 15/- a week awarded to widow.

28th May 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Charlotte Horlock, The Lane near The Crown Inn, Virginia Water, Surrey; Father, dead; Mother, Martha Horlock, Abinger Bottom, Dorking, Surrey; Brothers - Albert, age 52, 13 Easebourne Drive?, Midhurst; James, age 49, Wickford Cott, Mare? Hill, Pulborough; William, age 40, Abinger Bottom, Dorking, Surrey; Arthur, age 39, Dane? Hill, Thakeham, Pulborough; Harry, age 35, Handley? House, West Chiltington?, Pulborough; Sisters - Rose, age 51, 16 Pitt Road, Farnborough, Kent; Emily, age 47, 13 Hanover Road, Brighton; Eliza?, age 45, 11? Aston Cott, Shoreham; Alice, age 32, 148 Rookers? Cott, Chichester Road, Arundel; Edith, age 28, Broadmoor?, Wallon? near Dorking, Surrey.

Buried at Bois-Carre British Cemetery, I. E. 2., Thelus, France.

NOTE: Regimental History shows Service No. as G/17027; Soldiers Died in the Great War show it as G/17020; CWGC web site show it as G/7020.

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