Biography:
Horace John Flower was born 6 April 1883, the son of Arthur Flower and Isabel Margaret Cockeyne Pauncefoot Flower, of Princes Gate, London.
He came to Winchester College from Horris Hill in January 1896 and was in H House, Bramston's, following his brother Conrad who arrived at Winchester in 1895. Horace was a House Prefect and stood on Dress for Commoner XV.
Horace left Winchester in the summer of 1901 for RMC Sandhurst and was gazetted in 1902 to the 3rd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. During the war he served with distinction as Adjutant to a battalion of the Queen's Westminster Rifles and later on the staff of the Quartermaster-General, receiving the D.S.O. and M.C., and being twice mentioned in Despatches. He was wounded in 1915, and shortly afterwards contracted a serious illness arising from the effects of his injury. He resigned his commission in June 1918, and died in London on 31 January following. His funeral took place at St James Church, Gerrard's Cross and he is commemorated on the United Kingdom 1914-1918 Memorial at Brookwood, Surrey.