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Charles Beck Hornby : ウィキペディア英語版 | Charles Beck Hornby Major Charles Beck Hornby DSO JP (7 February 1883 - 10 January 1949) was an officer in the British Army. While a captain in the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, he is reputed to have become the first British soldier to kill a German soldier in the First World War, around 6:30am on 22 August 1914, near the Belgian village of Casteau. ==Early life and career== Hornby was born in Bangalore. His father, Colonel John Frederick Hornby, served with the 12th Lancers. He was educated at Harrow School and was commissioned as an Ensign in the 4th Dragoon Guards in 1901, promoted to Lieutenant in 1903, and Captain in 1909. He served in the Second Boer War and was the regiment’s adjutant from January 1911 to January 1914.
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