Son of Alice M. Horridge, of 19, Glade Street, Park Road, Bolton, Lancashire, and the late Albert Horridge. B.A. Of Garthside, Ducie Avenue, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Attached 2nd Bn., Manchester Regiment. Killed instantaneously on the evening of 17/11/1914, whilst looking up at an aeroplane, a bullet passing through his forehead at Wulverghem, Belgium.
Horridge, Robert –
Personal details
- Surname: Horridge
- Forename: Robert
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 26
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: November 17th, 1914
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Lieutenant
- Unit: 4th (Regular Extra Reserve) Battalion.
- Service number: Not known
- Regiment: Manchester Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Municipal Secondary School
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- CWGC Memorial: Dranouter Churchyard, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: III. B. 1.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 27/11/1914 24/12/1914 08/01/1915 05/02/1915 06/08/1915
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 8c* 7d 5f S2b-d* S1e/f*
- Bolton Chronicle: 03/04/1915