Lt Col W G Horbon MC

Commanding Officer - The East Surrey Regiment
(Scots Guards)

Commanded 70^th (Young Soldiers) Bn The East Surrey Regiment from February to June 1941.

William Gray Horton was born on 24^th August 1897 and was commissioned in The Scots Guards in May 1917. He was wounded on 28/29^th November 1917 and awarded the Military Cross in 1918. He retired from the Army on 22^nd October 1932. He was recalled and commanded the 70^th (Young Soldiers) Bn The East Surrey Regiment from February to June 1941.

He died on 13^th July 1974.

See the Journal of The Queen's Regiment Vol 8 No 1 December 1974 page 37. See also The Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Association Newsletter No 16 November 1974 page 19.

 

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