3 CDO BDE van der Horst, Rupert Cornelius

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

van der Horst ​

• FORENAME

Rupert Cornelius ​

• UNIT

R.M. 45 Commando ​

• RANK

Major (MiD), Lieutenant Colonel (OBE)​

• NUMBER

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches, Officer of the Order of the British Empire​

• PLACE

Falklands 1982 (MiD), Iraq 2003 (OBE)​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

age 41 (when awarded MiD) ​

C.O. S.B.S. 1978-80​

London Gazette 49134, 8th October 1982, Page 12842 (MiD)​

London Gazette 57100, 31st October 2003, Page 10 (OBE)​

his son Richard also was C.O. S.B.S. (see Roll of Honour)​