Inscription on CWGC gravestone: 'Duty nobly done'
Nottingham Evening Post ROH, Friday 29 October 1915: ‘Timson. Killed in action, October 14th, Pte H Timson, 1/7th Robin Hoods, aged 23 years, 34, Briar-street. His duties nobly done, his victories won. RIP. Deeply mourned by his sorrowing mother and father, sisters, and brothers’. (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post ROH, Friday 29 October 1915: ‘Timson. Killed in action, October 14th, Pte H Timson 1/7th Robin Hoods. God does all things well. He died a noble death. Nellie and Leonard.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post ROH, Friday 29 October 1915: ‘Timson. Killed in action, October 14th, Pte H Timson, 1/7th Robin Hoods. Sleep on, dear brother, thy duties nobly done. Deeply mourned by his stepbrothers, Corpl H Brown RGA Inchkeith; Gunner WJ Browen RGA Inchkeith; Pte AC Brown, MTASC BEF.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam’, 14 October 1916: ‘TImson. In loving memory of our dear brother, Private Harry Timson, 1/7th Robin Hoods, killed by a sniper at Hohenzollern Redoubt, October 14th, 1915, aged 23. His heart was true, his spirit brave, his resting place a hero’s grave. Also our dear mother, who passed away October 20th, 1900. Reunited. From sorrowing sisters and family (Mansfield).’.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Nottingham Evening Post, ‘In Memoriam’, 14 October 1916: ‘TImson. In loving memory of Private H Timson, 1/7th Robin Hoods, of 34 Briar-street, Meadows, who was killed by a German sniper while burying his comrade on October 14th, 1915. A noble death. Sorrowing mother, father, sisters, and brothers.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)