Ernest Arthur Horman
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 242458
Parents: Frank and Elizabeth Horman
Home address: 3 Verriers Rank, Black Horse Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Boot leather cutter
Date of birth: 1894
Date of death: 16/08/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site but commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium and Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial
Age: 22
Further information:
Ernest was the son of a brickyard labourer and a middle child of seven children, with one brother and five sisters.
Ernest served with the 1st/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and lost his life during the Battle of Passchendaele (the third battle of Ypres) which lasted from 31st July to 10th November 1917 and resulted in combined casualties estimated to be around 800,000 for both allies and Germans. Ernest's body was never identified and the Tyne Cot Memorial where Ernest is commemorated is one of four memorials to the missing in an area of Flanders known as the Ypres Salient, which stretched from Langemarck in the north to the northern edge in Ploegsteert Wood in the south.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/