John Cecil Horner
Person details
| Forename(s) | John Cecil |
|---|---|
| Surname | Horner |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Parachute Regiment |
| Age | 23 |
| Death | Killed in action |
| Place of Death | Western Europe > Sicily |
| Date of Death | 14/07/1943 |
| Year of Entry | 1934 |
| House Letter | F |
| School Notes | |
| Comments | Spare man for the crew that won the Ladies Plate at Henley, 1938 |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | 2nd Battalion |
| Prefect | School Prefect; Head of Social |
| Military Decorations | |
| Album Number | 22 |
| Battle | |
| Previous Regiment | |
| Burial or Cemetery | Italy > Catania, Sicily |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Articled to chartered accountants |
| Prep School | |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary |
November 21 1943. On 14th July, 1943, killed in action, John Cecil Horner, Lieut., Parachute Regt. (Hedgecock's-Southam's, F, 1934 -38). "Chick" Horner left at Christmas 1938 to become articled to a firm of Chartered Accountants alter a happy and successful career at Radley. Always a most cheerful boy with a great charm of manner, he showed, as a School Prefect and Head of his Social, the signs of leadership which later were, in the words of his Company 's 2nd i/c, to make him worshipped by the men of his Platoon . He was spare man to the crew that won the Ladies' Plate in 1938, and later rowed in it at Tabor. Socially he was a great asset to the party on the voyage - all the more because of his interesting knowledge of all shipping. As partial-colour blindness prevented hIm from going into the R.N.V.R.- the service of his choice - he joined the Territorials soon after leaving Radley and was mobilised in August 1939. He was commissioned in the Devon Regiment in 1940, but afterwards transferred to the Parachute Regiment with which he met his death in Sicily. In his last letter to Radley, where he will be remembered by many with great affection, he wrote :-"Don't forget to send my Radleian - most precious!" |
| Service Number | 156264 |
| Place of Birth |
