Rifleman R/2382 Horace SWEET

Rifleman R/2382 Horace Sweet{gallery}Rfn H Sweet{/gallery}11th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 17th September 1916, aged 23

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 13A and 13B
  
• Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of John William and Sarah Sweet of Paynes Yard, Atherstone
• NNWFHS Memorial: Atherstone

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Rifleman Sweet
• NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
• Thiepval Memorial
• King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Oct Qtr 1893 at Atherstone
  
• Lived at Hill Top, Long Street, Atherstone [1911]
• Employed as a coal miner [1911]
• Enlisted 2 Sep 1914