Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Second World War ‘Home Guard’ B.E.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant James Lillico, late Scots Guards

British Empire Medal (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (Sgt. James Lillico, H.G.); British War and Victory Medals (16530 Pte., S. Gds.) good very fine (3) £150-200

B.E.M. London Gazette 14 December 1944. The recommendation states: ‘Sergeant James Lillico, 201 (G.H.Q. Reserve) Battalion, Home Guard. Has been a Patrol Leadersince the original formation of Auxiliary Units in the Borders, and it is entirely due to his keenness and enthusiasm that his patrol won the Border Championship in 1942, remaining consistently one of the best in the whole country. He has realised the vital necessity for efficiency in every branch of the work and through his personal example has trained his patrol to this very high standard. His work has been of the utmost value. He and his patrol have been responsible for completing, entirely unaided, their Operational Base, which entailed months of hard work and which was carried out in addition to all training programmes. A very reliable, conscientious and determined N.C.O.’