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Capt. Horace Gibson Andrews
British Army 8th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Woburn
(d.7th June 1917)
Horace Andrews was born 1890 was the son of Gibson & Emma Andrews, Park Street, Woburn, Bedfordshire. He served with the 8th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment and was killed in action on 7th of June 1917 during the Battle of Messines and is buried in Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. He is remembered on the War Memorial Woburn, Bedfordshire A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1905-06, he is commemorated on the Schools War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923, The Old Boys of this School who, as in duty bound, laid down their lives in a great cause. His younger brother Private Raymond Gibson Andrews served with the 1st/14th |London Regiment and was killed in action on 1st July 1916 during the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com