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Bennet John Horne
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 20/08/1891 |
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Place of birth: Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada |
General information
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Profession: Machinist |
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Religion: Roman Catholic |
Army information
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Country: Canada |
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Force: Canadian Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 166345 |
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Enlistment date: 06/10/1915 |
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Enlistment place: Timmins, Ontario, Canada |
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Units: — Canadian Pioneers, 1st Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 06/06/1916 |
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Place of death: Fosse Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 24 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 32 |
Points of interest 3
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| #3 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
Bennet John Horne was born in 1891 at Enfield, Nova Scotia to Andrew and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Horne. His father was a farmer. Bennet’s maternal grandfather, Donatus Benere, was a Belgian emigrant.
On the 6th of October 1915 Bennet enlisted in Timmins, Ontario. Before sailing to Europe, Bennet had hoped to see his acquaintances in Halifax, where he had worked at the Nova Scotia Car Works, as a machinist, but was send abroad almost immediately. December 14th, he arrived in England and was taken on in the 1st Pioneer Battalion. In the spring of 1916 Bennet was injured and hospitalized. After a month he was discharged from Hospital St. Martius Plain. In June 1916, his Battalion was deployed near Ypres. The party was deepening and repairing the Fosse Way during the Battle of Mount Sorrel. Fosse Way was a trench at Zillibeke, which connected Transport Farm and Fosse Wood. During the night of 6 – 7 June a heavy bombardment took place. The whole party took shelter in the trench. Private Horne was hit by a shell and died immediately.
According to the Circumstances of Casualties, he was buried behind the trenches at Fosse Wood. A memorial cross was erected at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground. Till today Bennet John Horne has no known grave and is remembered on the Menin Gate. Two days before his death, he wrote his will, addressed to his older brother Edd, with two Ds because he was always called E.D. (Edmond Donatus). In the letter Bennet left $25 to father Kinsella, the parish priest in Enfield and a friend of the family, and $5 to Mrs. F. D. Horne, his sister Mary, whose husband was ill for a while.
On the 6th of October 1915 Bennet enlisted in Timmins, Ontario. Before sailing to Europe, Bennet had hoped to see his acquaintances in Halifax, where he had worked at the Nova Scotia Car Works, as a machinist, but was send abroad almost immediately. December 14th, he arrived in England and was taken on in the 1st Pioneer Battalion. In the spring of 1916 Bennet was injured and hospitalized. After a month he was discharged from Hospital St. Martius Plain. In June 1916, his Battalion was deployed near Ypres. The party was deepening and repairing the Fosse Way during the Battle of Mount Sorrel. Fosse Way was a trench at Zillibeke, which connected Transport Farm and Fosse Wood. During the night of 6 – 7 June a heavy bombardment took place. The whole party took shelter in the trench. Private Horne was hit by a shell and died immediately.
According to the Circumstances of Casualties, he was buried behind the trenches at Fosse Wood. A memorial cross was erected at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground. Till today Bennet John Horne has no known grave and is remembered on the Menin Gate. Two days before his death, he wrote his will, addressed to his older brother Edd, with two Ds because he was always called E.D. (Edmond Donatus). In the letter Bennet left $25 to father Kinsella, the parish priest in Enfield and a friend of the family, and $5 to Mrs. F. D. Horne, his sister Mary, whose husband was ill for a while.
Sources 4
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"Enfield Gives A Hero To The Empire", (Halifax, The Evening Mail, 16 juni 1916). Sources used |
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Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG 150; Volume: Box 4502 - 2). https://library-archives.canada.ca/ Sources used |
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War diaries: 1st Pioneer Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 5009, Microfilm reel number: T-10858, File number: 721). https://library-archives.canada.ca/ Sources used |
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War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Death (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG 150, 1992-93/314; Volume Number: 1940). https://library-archives.canada.ca/ Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1593129 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=e1f23918-61bc-4b40-8606-f2b4691244e0 |
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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1593129 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5949852 |