18/586 Sgt William Horsman, 18th Bn, West Yorks Regt

18/586 Sergeant William Horsman of the 18th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in action on the 25th April 1918. William was a Keighley-born man and he enlisted in the town in December 1914.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records William's number incorrectly as 181586 and states that he was serving with the 1/6th Battalion at the time of his death. Soldiers Died in The Great War also confirms the 1/6th (Territorial Force) Battalion. William's medal index card notes that he originally arrived overseas in Egypt on the 22nd December 1915, but he died in Belgium and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. He was 21 years old, the son of Mrs Mary Horsman of 111 Nashville Terrace, Keighley, Yorkshire.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission