Private Horace Charles Day
Rank or Title
Date of Death
21 Jan 1916
War time / or Pre War occupation
Boot shop assistant
Regiment
Service Number
15086
Place of Birth
Slip End
World War I Address
Pepperstock
Near Luton
Place of Death
France
Grave Location
France
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
The Bedfordshire Advertiser , 4th February 1916
Pte Horace Charles Day, 15086, 7th Bedfordshire Regiment, was killed in action in France on January 21st, 1916. He was aged about 21.
Born in Slip End, he was listed in the 1911 Census as a boot shop assistant living with his twice-widowed mother Sophia at Pepperstock. His parents were married in October 1892, but his father Charles died around 1899.
Little was written in the Press about Horace at the time of his death, but he is commemorated on both the Flamstead and Luton war memorials.
Individual Location
Author: Deejaya
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