Josh_Searle published Read the Surrey Mirror's 1916 obituary of Horley war hero, who...

The Surrey Mirror in July 1916 carried a moving obituary of Henry Webber, a Horley soldier who died during the First World War aged 67. It describes Lieutenant Webber, the first chairman of the parish council, as a "Horley Hero".After he died, 100 years ago today during the Battle of the Somme, the Surrey Mirror published an obituary article.As Horley prepares to remember Lieutenant Webber at a special service this morning, we have decided to partly reproduce that obituary:HORLEY has...

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