Oxfordshire soldier honoured (From Oxford Mail)

Oxfordshire soldier honoured

11:12am Friday 19th March 2010 in

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LIEUTENANT Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, 39, from Kirtlington, north Oxfordshire, has been awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service posthumously.

Lt Col Thorneloe MBE, former commanding officer of 1st Battalion the Welsh Guards, was killed in Afghanistan last July.