Lot 52
A Battle of Messines Casualty Military Medal, GVR, awarded to Gunner later Bombardier, Thomas Horne

Military Medals, Decorations and Orders On Land, at Sea, in the Air | E114
Auction: 7 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Estimate: £250 - £350
Description
A Battle of Messines Casualty Military Medal, GVR, awarded to Gunner later Bombardier, Thomas Horne, 65 Battery Royal Field Artillery, (84904 Gnr: T. Horne. 65/By. R.F.A.), lightly toned, very fine. (1).
Military Medal, London Gazette 21st of August 1917
Thomas Horne arrived in France on the 26th of June 1915.
He was awarded the Military Medal in the London Gazette of the 21st of August 1917. ‘The Great War Medal Collector’s Companion, Vol 1’, by Howard Williamson, on page 407 refers to MMs gazetted on this date comprising: ‘Awards mostly for June 1917 and including awards for Messines’.

