Lest we forget.
This is Horace Chamberlain King. The youngest child of Thomas Oglesby and Charlotte King he enlisted aged 19 years and 5 months on 8 March 1915. By 27 July he had been promoted to sergeant becoming Company Sergeant Major by 15 December 1915 and then was promoted to second lieutenant on 13 March 1916. By 29 August 1916 he was a lieutenant and had been awarded the Military Cross for services rendered at Pozieres. On 23 March 1917 he was promoted to Captain. He was wounded in action on 4 October 1917 at Paschendale receiving a severely fractured humerus which was treated in England. He was mentioned in despatches for bravery in the field around this time. He returned to France on 18 February 1918. On 7 April 1918 he was wounded in the neck and shoulder and died of his wounds. He was 22 years and six months old.
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