ON August 14th, 1929, the fifteenth anniversary of the embarkation of the
Headquarter Staff of the British Expeditionary Force for France, one was
shocked to learn of the sudden death, from heart failure that afternoon, of
Lord Horne, who was a Life Member of the Ypres League, and who had lately
consented to become one of its Vice-Presidents.
General The Lord Home of Stirkoke5
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THE YPRES TIMES
G.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.C.L., LL.D.f D.L.
Colonel Commandant, Royal Horse Artillery; Colonel, Highland Light Infantry;
Master Gunner, St. James's Park.
PhotoImperial War Museum Crown Copyright
LORD HORNE.
On the afternoon of that day he was shooting over dogs on his moor at
Stirkoke, and, incidentally, shooting very wellalthough now and again he became
very breathless and had to stop for a minute or two.
About 3.15, while walking up to a point over some rough ground, he was
seen suddenly to go down in the heather. As he did not get up at once those
shooting with him went over and found him lying unconscious. They did what
they could, but he gave two or three gasps and lay still. He died within a couple
of minutes of falling, and we of the Ypres League are left to mourn one of our
Vice-Presidents.
