Auction Catalogue

21 September 2001

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 357

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21 September 2001

Hammer Price:
£160

King’s African Rifles L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (10806 Sjt. Taulo, K.A.R.) contact marks and polished, good fine £100-130

Taulo was a member of the Ampotola tribe from the Liwonde district of East Africa. He enlisted in January 1916 and saw service in Nyasaland and East Africa for which he received the British War and Victory Medals. He was discharged in September 1944 and received his L.S. & G.C. medal the following month. Sold with comprehensive service record copied from National Archives of Malawi.