| Notes: | MMP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 18/12/1915. He was born in Orton, enlisted in Kendal and resided in Bowness on Windermere. Killed in Action. Inscription on gravestone: For King and Country, greater love hath no man , he gave his life for his loved ones. Wife Edith May Horsfall.
Info from widows pension card and card index: Horsfall, Edith May (R), Laurel Bank, Woness on Windmere, Westmorland. Soldiers Regiment: Military Mounted Police 16th Irish Division, Corporal, No. P/916.
Info from Register of Soldiers Effects 1901 - 1928. P/916, Horsfall, Robert, MMP, A/C/Cpl. 12/8/1917 killed in action. 3/10/1917 he left his widow Edith May the sum of £16-15-19, 17/11/1919 she received a war gratuity of £11-10-00.
Roll of Honour. Cpl Horsfall, DCM, whose portrait appears on this page, was a member of the Cumberland and Westmorland Police Force (Bowness) when war broke out. KIA 12/8/17 He gallantly fell in the fifth battle of Ypres on August 12th last. Cpl Horsfall joined the Military Police in January, 1915 and from that date until his death he showed such devotion to duty, resourcefulness in tight corners, and consideration for his comrades that it earned him not only the DCM but also the high regard of both officers and men of the 16th Irish Division. It will be a long time before the memory of such a true soldier passes from the minds of his comrades, who have requested us to publish his portrait in public testimony of their love and respect for yet another Civil Policeman whose name is now emblazoned on the Police Roll of Honour. Police Review, 19/10/1917, page 332. DCM not found. |
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