1571, Private, 1/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
Hull Daily Mail - Saturday 24th July 1915
"It is with regret we announce the death of Gunner George Horsley, 1/5th Lincs. Regiment. He was 17 years of age, and a son of Mrs C. Hallgarth, of Park-street, Winterton. The news was received first by the Rev C. H. Gibbons from Captain R. S. Fieldsend, 1/5th Lincs. Regiment, 138th Infantry Brigade, 46th N. Mid. Div., in a letter dated July 16th, which stated that Horsley was killed at four o'clock on the morning of July 15th, being shot through the head and killed instantaneously by a German sniper. He belonged the machine gun section, and was an excellent soldier and a good fellow. His body was laid to rest in a regimental cemetery close to Tillikeke, south-east of Ypres, and a cross erected to his memory. The captain expressed his deepest sympathy with the mother, and trusted she would be able to bear her sorrow bravely. This is the first death recorded of the Winterton lads, although some have been wounded."
Lincolnshire Star, Saturday 24th July 1915 had the same text but also included " We understand his mother has since received a letter from the sergeant of the deceased’s company. The lad was 17 years of age."
Hull Daily Mail - Saturday 24th July 1915
"It is with regret we announce the death of Gunner George Horsley, 1/5th Lincs. Regiment. He was 17 years of age, and a son of Mrs C. Hallgarth, of Park-street, Winterton. The news was received first by the Rev C. H. Gibbons from Captain R. S. Fieldsend, 1/5th Lincs. Regiment, 138th Infantry Brigade, 46th N. Mid. Div., in a letter dated July 16th, which stated that Horsley was killed at four o'clock on the morning of July 15th, being shot through the head and killed instantaneously by a German sniper. He belonged the machine gun section, and was an excellent soldier and a good fellow. His body was laid to rest in a regimental cemetery close to Tillikeke, south-east of Ypres, and a cross erected to his memory. The captain expressed his deepest sympathy with the mother, and trusted she would be able to bear her sorrow bravely. This is the first death recorded of the Winterton lads, although some have been wounded."
Lincolnshire Star, Saturday 24th July 1915 had the same text but also included " We understand his mother has since received a letter from the sergeant of the deceased’s company. The lad was 17 years of age."