Basic Details
Surname
Hornsby
Forenames
R B
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Ralph Blair
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. The brother of George, who is also named here, he worked as a spinner piecer at a mill before he enlisted in August 1914. He was initially discharged as unfit but re-enlisted in August 1915 only to become one of the many of the area and the regiment to be killed in the failed attack on the Schwaben Redoubt on 3/9/16. This was the only Calderdale memorial they found him named on.
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
France
Town of death
Somme
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Thiepval
Cemetery
Mill Road British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
3
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action