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Horrex

Selected Biographies

Horrex, Arthur – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk in 1888.  Parents: George Horrex (Coconut Mat Weaver) and Harriet [née Clover] of Thurston, Suffolk.  Family Connections: Brother to George William Horrex [b1878] and Samuel Charles Horrex [b1885].  Home: 264 Gladstone Avenue, Wood Green, London (1911), 43 Mark Road, Wood Green [1916].  Occupation: Invoice Clerk (1911).  Service Record: Arthur enlisted as Pte.3772 (later re-numbered as Pte.531400) with ‘A’ Company, 1/15th [County of London] Battalion, [Prince of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles]. Posted to France in November 1915 as part of 140th Brigade, 47th [2nd London] Division he saw action during the Somme Offensive at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette where he was last seen alive.[1]  Died: Private Horrex was listed as missing presumed killed in action on 19.9.1916 and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial [ref: Pier and Face 13 C], Picardie, France.[2]

Horrex, Charles Albert – Born: Clerkenwell, London on 6.1.1900.[3]  Parents: Charles Harry Horrex (Coconut Mat Weaver) and Emily Amelia [née Nex].  Family Connections: Brother to William Henry Horrex [b1896] and John Walter Horrex [b1898].  Home: 124 Northampton Buildings, Goswell Street, Holborn, London (1901), 38 Ontario Buildings, Preston Road, Poplar, London (1911), Military Barracks, Baghdad, Iraq (1921), 28 Brabazon Street, Poplar (1939).  Occupation: Porter [1927], General Labourer (1939).  Married: Emily Dorothy Morris in 1927.  Service Record: Charles was conscripted as Pte.5329909 with 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s [Royal Berkshire Regiment] stationed in Mesopotamia in 1921, in 1923 he was awarded the General Service Medal for his part in the campaign in Iraq, Kurdistan and Persia.[4]  Died: Uxbridge, Middlesex in 1948.

Horrex, George William – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk in 1878.  Parents: George Horrex (Coconut Mat Weaver) and Harriet [née Clover] of Thurston, Suffolk.  Family Connections: Brother to Samuel Charles Horrex [b1885] and Arthur Horrex [b1888].  Home: Bridge Street, Long Melford (1881), 264 Gladstone Avenue, Wood Green, London (1911), 43 Mark Road, Wood Green [1916 to 1930].  Occupation: Carter (1911), Carman [1916] to (1921).  Service Record: George was conscripted on 23.3.1916 as Pte.128893 with 1st [Home Service] Battalion, The Buffs [East Kent Regiment], transferring to 6th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers then on 31.7.1917 as Pte.49348 to 2nd Battalion, Royal Defence Corps and finally on 20.11.1918 to No.61 Protection Company, RDC.  He received his discharge in March 1919.[5]

Horrex, John Walter – Born: Bromley-by-Bow, London on 13.5.1898.[6]  Parents: Charles Harry Horrex (Coconut Mat Weaver) and Emily Amelia [née Nex].  Family Connections: Brother to William Henry Horrex [b1896] and Charles Albert Horrex [b1900].  Home: 124 Northampton Buildings, Goswell Street, Holborn, London (1901), 38 Ontario Buildings, Preston Road, Poplar, London (1911), 7 Navel Row South, Poplar (1921 to 1939). 2 Dolphin House, Dolphin Lane, Poplar [1959].  Occupation: Dock Labourer (1921), General Labourer (1939).  Married: Ellen Louisa Bragg in 1920.  Service Record: John was conscripted as Rfn.323924 with 1/6th [City of London] Battalion [Rifles], London Regiment, being posted to France from 27.6.1917 to 8.9.1918 as part of 140th Brigade, 47th [2nd London] Division and seeing action at the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917.[7]  During the Second World War he was a full time Air Raid Precaution Warden.[8]  Died: Mile End Hospital, Stepney, London on 7.12.1959.[9]

Horrex, Samuel Charles – Born: Long Melford, Suffolk on 1.9.1885.[10]  Parents: George Horrex (Coconut Mat Weaver) and Harriet [née Clover] of Thurston, Suffolk.  Family Connections: Brother to George William Horrex [b1878] and Arthur Horrex [b1888].  Home: 264 Gladstone Avenue, Wood Green, London (1911), 43 Mark Road, Wood Green (1921), 224 High Road, Enfield, Middlesex (1939), 70 Mandeville Road, Enfield [1970].  Occupation: Packer (1911), Shop Assistant (1921), Shopkeeper (1939).  Married: Lilian Agnes Whent in 1925.  Service Record: On 9.12.1916 at the Surrey Military Tribunal held at the Guildhall in Guildford the military representative sought to appeal against a previous ruling that had given Samuel exemption from conscription on account of his age.  The appeal was dismissed.[11]  Died: Enfield, Middlesex on 18.1.1970.[12]

Horrex, William Henry – Born: Holborn, London in 1896.  Parents: Charles Harry Horrex (Coconut Mat Weaver) and Emily Amelia [née Nex].  Family Connections: Brother to John Walter Horrex [b1898] and Charles Albert Horrex [b1900].  Home: 124 Northampton Buildings, Goswell Street, Holborn, London (1901), 38 Ontario Buildings, Preston Road, Poplar, London (1911).  Occupation: Tailor’s Errand Boy (1911), Miller [1916].  Married: Louisa May Donkin in 1916.  Service Record: William was conscripted as Pte. R/37837 with 9th [Service] Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps and posted to Flanders as part of 42nd Brigade, 14th [Light] Division seeing action at the Battle of Langemarck between 16-18 August 1917, one of the opening forays of the Third Battles of Ypres.[13]  Died: Killed in action on 22.8.1917 and buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery [grave ref: IV.A.8], West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.[14]

Notes – [1] Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 [ref: 11/Pp/54984/D/84], Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal, and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [2] Commonwealth War Grave Commission record.  [3] 1939 Register.  [4] Campaign Medal and Award Roll [WO 100/G5/415].  [5] Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ [WO 363].  [6] 1939 Register.  [7] For details of the battalion’s movements see War Diary [WO 95/2729/1].  See also his Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [8] 1939 Register.  [9] National Probate Calendar.  [10] 1939 Register.  [11] Surrey, Military Tribunals 1915-1918 [Surrey History Centre ref: CC28/3038] and West Surrey Times 16.12.1916.  [12] National Probate Calendar.  [13] For details of the battalion’s movements see War Diary [WO 95/1900/2].  See also his Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1918 [WO 329] and Service Medal and Award Rolls Index Cards 1914-1922 [WO 372].  [14] Commonwealth War Grave Commission record.

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