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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 142

A Second War 'Home Guard' O.B.E. Group of Four to Colonel B.S. Horner, Surrey Home Guard, Late East Surrey Regiment and Indian Army
a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Officer's (O.B.E.) breast Badge, silver-gilt
b) British War Medal (Capt. B.S. Horner)
c) Territorial Force War Medal (Lieut. B.S. Horner. E. Surr. R.)
d) Defence Medal, very fine, with the recipient's riband bar

O.B.E. London Gazette 15.12.1944 Colonel Bernard Stuart Horner, H Sector, London District Home Guard
'In recognition of Meritorious Service in the Home Guard.'

Colonel Bernard Stuart Horner, O.B.E., (1899-1982), served during the Great War with the East Surrey Regiment in India from 1.12.1914; promoted Lieutenant, 5.5.1916; Captain, 5.10.1918; transferred to the Indian Army, 1919, and served in the Indian Political Service, 1921-30; promoted Lieutenant-Colonel 1.2.1941, and served with the 52nd (Surbiton) Battalion, Surrey Home Guard; promoted Colonel, 4.3.1944, and served in command of 'H' Sector, London District Home Guard.

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