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Seven: Major B. M. Kilner, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches...
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Seven: Major B. M. Kilner, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services in North West Europe 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Capt. B. M. Kilner. T.D. D.W.R.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1950, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (7) £500-£700 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 4 April 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Northwest Europe.’ Bernard Mason Kilner was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, on 5 March 1920, the son of the famous Yorkshire and England cricketer, Roy Kilner. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment on 24 August 1939, and was promoted Lieutenant on 5 September 1942, serving with the 1/7th Battalion during the Second World War in North West Europe. He is mentioned in the History of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment 1919-52, by Brigadier C. N. Barclay, C.B.E., D.S.O. for having commanded ‘B’ Company at St. Croix in June 1944, and for his services in North West Europe he was Mentioned in Despatches. Having spent much of the Second World War as an Acting and Temporary Captain and Major, he was promoted Captain on 5 March 1947, and saw further service in the Korean War, being promoted Major on 5 March 1954. Specially employed in the Ghana Army between 1 July 1958 and 27 May 1959, Major Kilner finally retired from the Army on 31 March 1969.
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Seven: Major B. M. Kilner, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services in North West Europe 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (Capt. B. M. Kilner. T.D. D.W.R.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Territorial, reverse officially dated 1950, with integral top riband bar, mounted as worn, good very fine and better (7) £500-£700 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 4 April 1946: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Northwest Europe.’ Bernard Mason Kilner was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, on 5 March 1920, the son of the famous Yorkshire and England cricketer, Roy Kilner. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment on 24 August 1939, and was promoted Lieutenant on 5 September 1942, serving with the 1/7th Battalion during the Second World War in North West Europe. He is mentioned in the History of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment 1919-52, by Brigadier C. N. Barclay, C.B.E., D.S.O. for having commanded ‘B’ Company at St. Croix in June 1944, and for his services in North West Europe he was Mentioned in Despatches. Having spent much of the Second World War as an Acting and Temporary Captain and Major, he was promoted Captain on 5 March 1947, and saw further service in the Korean War, being promoted Major on 5 March 1954. Specially employed in the Ghana Army between 1 July 1958 and 27 May 1959, Major Kilner finally retired from the Army on 31 March 1969.
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