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Name

Horace William Wooster

Birth: 15 February 1895, Bledlow, Buckinghamshire

Death: 12 September 1916, The Somme, France          Tree

Joe, as he was known had been a member of Uxbridge band. Missing in action since the evening of 12th September 1916, presumed dead on or since that date. On receiving orders for the attack on 11th September 1916, the 1st/8th assembled during a heavy barrage on and behind Leuze Wood. In consequence the attack was postponed until midnight. Their objective was reached but the enemy lauched a heavy bombing counter-attack and the 1/8th lost a large number killed and wounded.

 

 

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B

 





Rank: Private, Middlesex Regiment 1st/8th Battalion

Service no. 2996

Enlistment Date: 8 September 1914

Enlistment Place: Ealing, London

Occupation: Butcher

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Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Ancestry,

Uxbridge & Hillingdon The Glorious Dead 1914-18 by Tanya Britton, Thiepval Photos by Keith Allworth

 

 

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  08 December 2017