S/14695 Pte Horace Mountain of the 7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, died of wounds on this day, 3rd August, 1917. Soldiers Died in The Great War records that he was born in Leeds and enlisted at Edlington, Lincolnshire. The Commonwelath War Graves Commission (CWGC) does not provide any additional information other than to record that he is buried in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery near Ypres in Belgium. Horace's grave is reference II.G.6.
Horace was born in Leeds in 1895, his birth registered in the December quarter of that year. By by the time the 1901 census was taken, he was a five year old living with his parents and siblings in Leeds. The household comprised his parents - Lindley and Lousia Mountain (both aged 29) and their four children: Edward Mountain (aged seven), Horace, his twin sister Blanch, and their infant sister Maude Irene Mountain (aged one month).
Horace's army service number indicates that he joined the Gordons in June 1916. This being the case, he could well have been overseas before 1916 was out.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk (BMD, 1901 census, MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in the Great War
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