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| Herbert Horsley was
born in Halstead Essex and was living in Margaretting when he enlisted in
Warley and went into the 11th Service Batt Essex regiment, service number
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| Herbert died of
wounds 27th September 1915 whilst on the Western Front at the battle of Loos
and is buried in Chocques military cemetery. Chocques was occupied by
Commonwealth forces from the late autumn of 1914 to the end of the war. The
village was at one time the headquarters of I Corps and from January 1915 to
April 1918, No 1 Casualty Clearing Station was posted there. Most of the
burials from this period are of casualties who died at the clearing station
from wounds received at the Bethune front. |
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