A Canadian Memorial Cross awarded in remembrance of Private F. G. Horner, 10th (Canadians) Battalion, who was killed in action at the Second Battle of the Scarpe on 28 April 1917

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R., the reverse officially inscribed, ‘252317 Pte F. G. Horner’, gilded, good very fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Awards to the Canadian Forces.

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Frederick George Horner was born in Middlesex County, Ontario. A Blacksmith by occupation, he enlisted into the 209th (Swift Current) Battalion at Swift Current, Saskatchewan in March 1916. Serving with the ‘10th Canadians’, he was killed in action at the Second Battle of the Scarpe on 28 April 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. He was the husband of Mary Horner, of 3637 Lan Franco Street, Los Angeles, California’; sold with copied service and other references.