Regiment East Lancashire Regiment, 3rd Battalion attached to 11th Battalion
Later Queen's Lancashire Regiment
Now The Duke of Lancasters Regiment
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Second Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Place Of Death Near River Cojeul, nr Ayette, France
Buried/Location Ashes Location unknown, Pas de Calais, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Named on the Arras Memorial to the Missing (CWGC) Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 22 May 1918
VC Presented 16 August 1918 by the Acting Governor of Ceylon on the Galle Face, Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to his parents, Mr & Mrs Charles W F Horsfall
Memorials
P Named on Arras Memorial to the Missing, (bay 6), Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
P Named on Regimental Victoria Cross Memorial, Blackburn Cathedral, Lancashire
Named on War Memorial, School Chapel,Sir William Borlase's School, West Street, Marlow, Berkshire
P Memorial Plaque, Sir William Borlase's School, West Street, Marlow, Berkshire
P Victoria Cross Commemoration Paving Stone, National Memorial, Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
By The Way…
As the war started, he was working on a rubber plantation in Sri Lanka. Although trying to enlist, he wasn't allowed till 1916
VC Held By
Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, Museum Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, England
