Memorial

Private G Horton

Private George Horton

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Current Location

Section 1G Plot 159, Rake Lane Cemetery, Section 1G Plot 159, Rake Lane, Liscard, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, CH45 5DL, England

SJ 30753 92676

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 111527
Description: Large upright stone with an inwardly curved top and square shoulders. The top front face is heavily carved with depictions of leaves and flowers around a classical style cauldron. In front of the main stone is a second in the form of an open book. This obscures all but the first line of the commemoration
Inscription: ALSO PTE. GEORGE HORTON, R.A.M.C. / GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE, / TORPEDOED H.M.S. "TRANSYLVANIA" / 4TH MAY 1917, / AGED 21 YEARS. / BURIED AT TOULON. /

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank; Forename; Surname; Unit; Cause of death; Date of and age at death; Place of burial

Gravestone

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good