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PRIVATE WILLIAM JAMES HORSLEY
14 March 1879-15 September 1916
[Welland Telegraph, 26 September 1916]
The war brought news of death to another Welland home on Saturday when Mrs. William Horsley, 53 Randolph Street, received a telegram from Ottawa announcing that her husband, William Horsley, had been killed in action on Sept. 15th. He had been only a month at the front when he met his fate. Born in Yorkshire 40 years ago, he was a British soldier for eleven years, serving in South Africa and India and obtaining an honorable discharge at the age of 29. He was the holder of two medals for service. He came out to Canada and lived for a time at Hamilton, moving to Welland six and a half years ago. He was employed for three years by W.G. Somerville, contractor, and then joined the staff of Ryan & Gardner, where he remained until the outbreak of the war. He joined the 44th Regt., and on enlisting for active service was drafted to the 76th Bn., with which he went overseas in April of this year. He leaves a wife and one daughter, a child under three years, and two step-children-Vera Nixon, a pupil at Welland high school and Wilford Nixon, an actor at present in Pittsburg. Those bereaved have the true sympathy of the community in the loss they have sustained.
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