General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24335203 Sig. A. E. Horner, R. Signals) extremely fine £70-£90

Bill and Angela Strong Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2011.

Anthony Edward Horner was born in Southampton on 24 February 1958 and enlisted on 6 August 1974, serving with the 6th Field Force H.Q., Signal Squadron Corps of Transport and 216 Parachute Signal Squadron. Having damaged his knee in a ‘jump’, he received a medical discharge on 16 April 1979.

Sold with cloth ‘Parachute’ wings mounted on a wooden block, inscribed, ‘24335203 Signalman A. E. Horner 216 Para Signal Squadron March 1976’; with Royal Signals cap badge; and copied service notes.