Date of Birth
December 1894
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Upper Norwood (Mixed) C.S., Croydon
Service number
21142
WW1 rank
Lance-Corporal
East Surrey Regiment, 7th Battalion
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
30 November 1917
Location of death
Battle of Cambrai (July to November 1917)
Buried/memorial
Cambrai Memorial Louverval (Grave/Memorial reference: Panel 6)
Biography
Lance Corporal Richard Kelly Hornabrook was the son of William James and Emily Hornabrook. He attended Borough Road College for two years, and played cricket. After graduating the college he is listed as being destined for a school in Croydon. He enlisted in Canterbury, into the East Surrey Regiment, 7th Battalion. Hornabrook is listed as “missing presumed killed” in the ROH, his date of death is listed as 30 November 1917.
Sources
Entry on p.87 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, BRCCR010, Commonwealth War Graves Commission