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1890 - 30/09/1915

Place of birth: Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Last known address in Bromley:

Military information

Regiment/Service: Lincolnshire Regiment
Battalion/Ship: 8th
Rank: Private
Number: 12139

Family information

Parents: Henry Johnson and Jane Ann Greatorex (nee Hanson) both deceased
Parents' occupation: Publican
Siblings: Albert, Herbert, Walter, Harry (d)

Census information

1891
Address: Sherwood Inn, 64 Sandhill Street, Worksop
1901
Address: 25 Colbeck Street, Worksop
1911
Address: No2, 3 Court, Gateford Road, Worksop
Occupation: Stone quarry labourer

Extra details

The only H Greatorex on the CWGC site is Horace Greatorex from Worksop. No connection has been made yet to Bromley but it could be that a Bromley man served with him.

Horace was the third of Henry and Jane Greatorex's five children. Both his parents died in their 30s, in 1896. The four boys were cared for by members of the family, Horace going to his mother's elderly parents George and Harriet Hanson. After leaving school Horace took a job with Mr J Littler, baker and confectioner. At the time of enlistment in Scunthorpe he worked at the Steetley Quarry, Worksop.

Horace enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regiment on 5th September 1914. He had only been in France since August 1915 when he was wounded at the Battle of Loos. Horace was taken prisoner and died from a pneumothorax on 30th September.