Hi all The following contain extracts from the Kirkintilloch Herald re various HORN(E)s from Kirkie who served in WWI. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7309/war-08.htm refers Regards Les ========================================== CAMPBELL HORN - Private A.&.S.H. - Formerly Highland Light Infantry. PARENTS: Mr. and Mrs Horn, Loch Road, Kirkintilloch Died at home 12th February 1919 INTERRED - Auld Aisle Cemetery, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Kirkintilloch Herald 6th October 1915 Mr. John Horne, Greens Farm, Kirkintilloch, has received official intimation that his brother, Private Campbell Horne, H.L.I., is in hospital at Boulogne, seriously wounded in the left shoulder. A subsequent letter from hospital mentions that he is getting along slowly. Kirkintilloch Herald 19th February 1919 On Wednesday last, Campbell Horn, a demobilised member of the A.&.S.H., residing with his parents in Loch Road, died there from the effects of influenza. While serving in France he was gassed on one occasion, and was recently demobilised. He was a miner and had returned to the pit, and when attacked with influenza had not the stamina to successfully resist the disease. Note Spelling of surname varies in articles. ========================================== DAVID HORN - 2108 Private 7th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers BORN - About 1892 P.O.B: Kirkintilloch. ENLISTED: Kirkintilloch. MOTHER: Mr. John and Mrs. Jessie Bennie Horn, 5 Hillhead, Kirkintilloch. Killed in action 7th December 1915 - Greek Macedonia. COMMEMORATED - Doiran Memorial, Greece. Kirkintilloch Herald 5th January 1916 A soldier home on furlough last week brought word that Pte. David Horn, Royal Munster Fusiliers, whose mother resides in Hillhead, had been killed in the fighting about the middle of December. Horn, who was a miner, joined the Fusiliers shortly after the outbreak of the war. Note Army records have surname Horne ========================================== FRANCIS HORN - 8239 Private 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry P.O.B. Kirkintilloch. ENLISTED: Glasgow. Missing presumed killed in action 8th March 1916 - Mesopotamia COMMEMORATED - Basra Memorial, Iraq. - Panel 35 and 64. Kirkintilloch Herald 24th March 1915 Word was received on Thursday morning that Pte. Francis Horn, of the 3rd Batt. H.L.I. had been wounded in the fighting in France and was in hospital there. Horn, who followed the calling of a miner, joined the colours after the outbreak of war, and had been 10 weeks in France at the time he was wounded. Kirkintilloch Herald 5th July 1916 Official intimation has been received that Private Francis Horn, 1st H.L.I., has been posted as wounded and missing since March 5th last, when he was last heard of by his relatives as being in the Persian Gulf area of operations, and wounded there. There were four brothers in the Army, one of whom was gassed, and another so seriously wounded that he is likely to be discharged. Private Frances Horn enlisted shortly after the outbreak of war, prior to which he was a miner in Kirkintilloch. Note Army records give Christian name as James, and date of death as 8th March 1916 . ========================================== ARCHIBALD HORNE - Sapper Royal Engineers - Tunnelling Coy. WIFE: Mrs. Horne, John Street, Hillhead, Kirkintilloch. Killed in action 1917 - France Kirkintilloch Herald 15th August 1917 Sapper Archd. Horne, of the Tunnelling Section of the Royal Engineers, has been gassed in France. He was employed as a miner at Woodilee, and enlisted a month after the outbreak of war. He was married, and resided in John Street, Hillhead. ========================================== AUSTIN HORNE - S6304 Private 11th Battalion A.&.S.H. BORN - About 1892 P.O.B: Kirkintilloch. ENLISTED: Stirling. LIVED: Glasgow. PARENTS - Mr. David and Mrs. Helen Horne, Possil Row, Lambhill, Glasgow. WIFE - Mrs Bridget Ferguson Horne, Drummond Street, Lambhill, Glasgow. Died of wounds 7th September 1917 INTERRED - St. Kentigerns Roman Catholic Cemetery, Lambhill, Glasgow NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO DATE ========================================== ROBERT STEVENSON HORNE - Lieutenant 9th Battalion (Territorial) A.&.S. H. (Attached to 5th/4th African Rifles) BORN - About 1894 PARENTS - Mr. Thomas L. and Mrs. Janet R. Horne, 'Glenaine' Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire. Died 29th July 1918 INTERRED - Dar-Es -Salam War Cemetery, Tanzania. REF - 8. D. 9. NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO DATE ==========================================