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In Gateshead (Saltwell) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:
In
Loving Memory of
John Thompson
beloved husband of
Margaret Wells
who died Aug. 26th 1920
aged 71 years.
John William
son of the above
who died Dec. 12th 1917
aged 29 years.
Herbert Hornsby
Son-in-Law of the above
Killed in action Aug. 9th 1915
Aged 38 years.
Margaret Wells
beloved wife of the above
who died March 19th 1935
aged 84 years.
Son of Serjt. Maj. J. Hornsby (Ist Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers); husband of Janet Hornsby, of 12, Gibbon St., Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham.
Stuart Hornsby has offered the following:
The Herbert Hornsby (1878 - 1915) mentioned on this headstone would be my 2nd great uncle, brother to Captain & Quartermaster Joseph Hornsby (1868-1948).
Lance Corporal Herbert Hornsby (of the D.L.I.) was born in Fyzabad India, son to Sergeant Major Joseph Hornsby, service number 1/340 in the 25th (King's Own Scottish Borderers) Regiment of Foot and Martha Francis McDowell. He was married to Janet Johnstone Wells - daughter of John Thompson (1849 - 1920) and Margaret McClellen (1851 - 1935). He died in action 9th August 1915.
His body was never identified and he is remembered on panel 36 at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belguim.
Herbert Hornsby is remembered in Bishop Auckland on B140.03 and B140.05
