Basic Details
Surname
Horsfield
Forenames
Frank Duerden
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was not married and worked as a knife cutter but was also on the Committee of the Clothiers Operatives Union: in his spare time, he played cricket and bowls and was a member of the Liberal Club. He enlisted in November 1915, was in France by the summer of 1916 where he was injured when shellfire caused his trench to collapse. Having recovered in England, he returned to his unit in February 1917 and was killed the following year. He was not found by them to be commemorated on any other Calderdale Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Ypres
Cemetery
Hooge Crater British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
September
Day of death
20
Age at death
38
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action