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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 148

A Second War 'Home Guard' 1944 M.B.E. Pair to Lieutenant R. Benn, Sussex Home Guard
a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, Military Division, Member's (M.B.E.) breast Badge, silver
b) Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine, with named Buckingham Palace enclosure; the recipient's Home Guard armband; and a group photograph (2)

M.B.E. London Gazette 15.12.1944 Lieutenant Richard Benn, 25th Bn. Sussex Home Guard.
'In recognition of Meritorious Service in the Home Guard.'

Lieutenant Richard Benn, M.B.E., promoted Lieutenant, 14.7.1941, and served with the 25th (2nd Southern Railway) Battalion, Sussex Home Guard; awarded the M.B.E. for his services as a Platoon Commander with the Sussex Recovery Company, responsible for making breakdown vehicles and skilled mechanics available to troops in the area, and also responsible for keeping roads open and traffic unobstructed.

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