Charles Beck Hornby
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Charles Beck Hornby, was a British cavalryman. While serving as a captain in the 4th Dragoon Guards, he is reputed to have become the first British soldier to kill a German soldier in the First World
Hornby and his squadron charging against German cavalrymen at Casteau, by Charles Mills Sheldon
Ernest Edward Thomas, MM was a cavalryman in the British Army and drummer. While serving with the 4th Dragoon Guards he fired the first British shot of the First World War in Europe, at 7:00 a.m. on 2
Charles Beck Hornby
…was "the first British soldier to kill a German soldier." On the centenary of this action, in 2014, The Yorkshire Regiment museum wrote that Trooper Edward Thomas fired the first rifle shot of the British Army of WW1 and that Hornby's sword, "reputed to be the sword used in the very first encounter of WW1." Authors…
Ernest Edward Thomas, pictured in uniform