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VC543 Ernest George Horlock
BORN 24 October 1885
DIED 30 December 1917 AGE 32
VC Won 15 September 1914 AGE 28
Place VC Won Vendresse, France
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Ernest George Horlock No. 42617
VC Issue No. 543 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Field Artillery, 113th Battery
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Artillery
Rank VC Won Bombardier
Rank End Of Career Battery Sergeant-Major
Place Of Birth Beech Farm, Alton, Hampshire, England
Place Of Death At sea off Alexandria, Egypt
Buried/Location Ashes Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, near Alexandria, Egypt
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Row F, Grave 171
Gazetted 25 November 1914
VC Presented 3 December 1914 by King George V at General HQ, St Omer, France
Memorials
Headstone, Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, near Alexandria, Egypt
P Memorial plaque, St John the Evangelist Church, Langrish, Hampshire
P Named on war memorial, St John The Evangelist Church, Langrish, Hampshire
P Named on war memorial, Littlehampton, West Sussex
P Named on memorial, Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, south London
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, War Memorial, High Street, Alton, Hampshire
By The Way…
Enlisted under the name and was Gazetted as Harlock
Name on headstone changed from Harlock to Horlock in 1982
VC Held By
Royal Artillery Regiment Museum, Old Royal Military Academy, Red Lion Lane, Woolwich, London, England
