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Cpl. William Thomas Horsnell
British Army Royal Army Service Corps
from:Wyken, Bridgnoth, Shropshire
William Horsnell was born in Hatfield Peverel, Essex on 3rd of Sep 1876.
By trade he was a butcher.
He enlisted at Shropshire on 28th of November 1915 and was posted on 1st of March 1917. He was wounded in action and moved to the Mile End Military Hospital, Bancroft Road, London.
Papers dated 3rd of August 1918 declare his disability at 70% pending a decision on a service pension.
He was discharged from the Royal Army Service Corps on 1st of March 1919. Next of kin recorded as his brother, Harry Horsnell of Woodford, Essex.