(a) Three: Sergeant A. Horner, Highland Light Infantry, 1914 Star (Pte., 9-H.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Sjt., H.L.I.), good very fine, together with a 9th Battalion, H.L.I. Cap Badge

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(a) Three: Sergeant A. Horner, Highland Light Infantry, 1914 Star (Pte., 9-H.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Sjt., H.L.I.), good very fine, together with a 9th Battalion, H.L.I. Cap Badge

(b) Pair: Private G.A. Horner, Scottish Rifles, British War and Victory Medals (Pte., Sco. Rif.), extremely fine, together with related Memorial Plaque

(c) Pair: Private H. Horner, Highland Light Infantry, British War and Victory Medals (Pte., H.L.I.), good very fine

(d) Pair: Private J.P. Tait, Army Cyclist Corps, British War and Victory Medals (Pte., A. Cyc. Corps), officially re-impressed, good very fine, together with related Army Cyclist Corps Cap Badge

(e) Pair: John Fitzpatrick, Mercantile Marine, British War and Mercantile Marine Medals (John Fitzpatrick), good very fine (16)

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Sold with two related 'Services Rendered' Badges, the reverses officially numbered, 'B195068' and 'B288881'.

Private G.A. Horner was born at Rutherglen in Lanarkshire and enlisted at Hamilton. Out in France with the 2nd Battalion by early 1918, he was killed in action on 24.3.1918 during the German Spring Offensive. The Battalion had been ordered to the Somme to cover the British withdrawal from that sector and suffered heavily, so much so that by 1.4.1918 it was down to four Officers and 60 men.