HORACE+AARON

Aaron, Horace, Private, 20501, 10th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Born Old Whittington, Derbyshire Enlisted Chesterfield, Derbyshire Resided Old Whittington, Derbyshire Killed in action 14th February 1916

Aged 22 Son of Maurice and Emma Aaron, of 136, Holland Rd., Old Whittington, Chesterfield. Buried in Spoilbank Cemetery, Ypres, I, J, 5

1911 Census: Horace Aaron was a 17 year old underground pony driver, residing at 136, Holland Road, Old Whittington. He was the son of Morris Aaron, an iron moulder's labourer, and Emma Aaron.

Service record: Enlisted 5th December 1914 Employed as a miner Served in France from the 19th November 1915 Personal effects returned to his wife, Sarah, of 8, Stand Road, Newbold Moor, included: a disc, a notebook, two matchboxes, two pencils, two bullets, a thimble, a cartridge case