Horrocks, Joseph –

Son of John and Mary Horrocks, of 45, Princess Street, Bury, Lancashire; husband of Elizabeth Ellen (Nellie) Horrocks (nee Hodkinson), of 19, Lorne Street, Moses Gate, Farnworth, Lancashire. Enlisted November 1915.

Personal details

  • Surname: Horrocks
  • Forename: Joseph
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Farnworth, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 29
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: May 13th, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Bombardier
  • Unit: 179th Siege Battery.
  • Service number: 63111
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • CWGC reference: V. M. 12.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 12/11/1915
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7f
  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 25/05/1917 06/07/1917 28/12/1917 30/08/1918 27/12/1918

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