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Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (393184 Sjt. S. H. Horton 17-21-L.) minor edge bruise, very fine
£50-£70

Samuel Herbert Horton was born in Leeds on 3 February 1905 and attested there for 1st King’s Dragoon Guards on 20 October 1923. He transferred to the 17th/21st Lancers as a Corporal on 14 December 1936, and served during the Second World War as an Instructor in India attached to the 14th/20th Hussars, being advanced Sergeant on 1 May 1940. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 231 of 1942, and having returned to the UK on 7 July 1944, was transferred Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 9 December 1945.