Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (Lieut. D. W. Arnott; 2. Lieut. B. G. Hill); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Capt. F. J. Horner.) generally good very fine (3) £140-£180

David William Arnott was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham, and Caius College, Cambridge. Examined for the Indian Civil Service, he went out to Ceylon in 1907, and after seven years there he came home on leave in 1914, and was thus in England when the Great War broke out. He joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. and was soon gazetted Second Lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, was promoted Lieutenant in October 1915, and was gassed in April 1916. After three months’ recovery he returned to the front, and was killed in action at Givenchy on 3 September 1916. He is buried in Serre Road Cemetery, France.

Bertram Gilbert Hill was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham, and following the outbreak of the Great War attested for the 14th (1st Birmingham Pals) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment in October 1914. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he served attached to the 2nd Battalion’s Machine Gun Company on the Western Front from 5 August 1915, and was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915. He is buried in Brown’s Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, France.

Frederick Julian Horner, a native of Coventry, was born in 1896 and was educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on the 10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1915, and later promoted Lieutenant and acting Captain, he died of wounds in Salonika whilst attached to the 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, on 15 April 1918. The King Edward’s School Roll of Service states in elation to his death: ‘He was in command of his platoon, stemming an overwhelming enemy advance; he had already been wounded in the right arm.’ He is buried in Struma Military Cemetery, Greece. He was posthumously awarded the Military Cross ‘for distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in Salonika’ (London Gazette 3 June 1918).

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