Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal A. Y. Taylor, 19th (4th City Pals) Battalion, Manchester Regiment, who was wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916

1914-15 Star (11682 Cpl. A. Y. Taylor. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (11682 Cpl. A. Y. Taylor. Manch. R.) good very fine (3) £60-£80

Arthur Yates Taylor attested for the Manchester Regiment at Manchester on 6 September 1914, and served with the 19th (4th City Pals) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 November 1915. He was wounded by gun shot to the back on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which date the battalion was involved in the attack on the Glatz Redoubt. He subsequently served with 283 Prisoners of War Company, Labour Corps.

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