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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 10

A Second War 1944 'Home Guard' M.B.E. Group of Five to Lieutenant-Colonel A.A.A. Hawdon, Essex Home Guard, Late Second Lieutenant, Royal Fusiliers and Corporal 9th Lancers
a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Member's (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver, with Royal Mint case of issue
b) 1914-15 Star (7346 Pte. A.A.A. Hawdon, 9th. Lrs.)
c) British War and Victory Medals (7346 Cpl. A.A.A. Hawdon. 9-Lrs.)
d) Defence Medal, generally very fine or better, mounted as originally worn (5)

M.B.E. London Gazette 15.12.1944 Major Albert Alfred Arthur Hawdon, 2md Bn. Essex Home Guard
'In recognition of Meritorious Service in the Home Guard.'

Lieutenant-Colonel Albert Alfred Arthur Hawdon, M.B.E. (1892-1952), born Camberwell, London; served with the 9th Lancers during the Great War on the Western Front from 19.5.1915; advanced Corporal and transferred Royal West Kent Regiment; commissioned Second Lieutenant, 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, 5.2.1919; served as 'D' Company Commander, 2nd Battalion Essex Home Guard from August 1943; he commanded six platoons stationed at Great Baddow, Battlesbridge, Hanningfield and South Woodham; the battalion stood down in November 1944; in later life he resided in Chelmsford, Essex.

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