Bert Horrobin (1916-1944)

Soldier

Service No:	7934945
Rank:	Sergeant
Squadron:	C
Troop:	HQ
Role:	Operator, Squadron Leader's tank
KIA:	18 Jul 1944
Commemorated:	Bayeux Memorial, Panel 8, Column 1. [Panel] 23H Memorial, Bridlington Priory [Panel] [Bookplate]
Mentioned in:	23H Story Page 270 Bishop Page 41 Casualty List Record
Images:	[Photo 1] [Photo 2]

Civilian

Occupation:	Staff Assistant, Cotton Mill
Residence:	4 Kimberley Street, Oldham, Lancashire (1939), 99 Bamford Street, Chadderton, Oldham
Birth:	8 Feb 1916 in Oldham
Marriage:	to Ethel Buckley 1940 at St Paul's Church, Oldham
Children:	none

Parents

Ernest Horrobin	Amelia Brierley
House Decorator. 4 Chamber St, Hollinwood, Lancashire (1911), 4 Kimberley Street, Oldham, Lancashire (1939). Birth 20 Jul 1885 in Hollinwood. Baptism 13 Sep 1885 at St George's Church, Manchester. Death registered Dec 1968 in Oldham.	Born 20 Apr 1883 in Oldham. Death 1948 in Oldham.
Marriage 1909 at Christ Church, Chadderton, Lancashire.

Notes

"In my own crew my right-hand man was Sergeant Bert Horrobin; in my long life I still have met no-one more competent".

Monkey Blacker, 'Monkey Business, The Memoirs of Sir Cecil Blacker', page 57.

Dad told me that Bert re-wrote the entire Great Western Railway timetable and made it more efficient.

Two of Bert's uncles emigrated to Canada and fought in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during WWI.