Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Acting Sergeant W. F. Taylor, 2nd Reserve Regiment of Cavalry, attached Military Mounted Police, who was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the French Medaille Militaire for his services with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force

1914-15 Star (6359 Cpl. W. F. Taylor. 2-R.R. of Cav.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (6359 A.Sjt. W. F. Taylor. 2.R.R. of Cav.); France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver, gilt, and enamel, significant enamel damage to last, nearly very fine (4) £300-£400

French Medaille Militaire London Gazette 21 May 1917:
‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.’

William Frank Taylor was born in 1886 and attested for the 6th Dragoon Guards on 18 January 1902. He transferred to the 2nd Dragoon Guards on 25 January 1903, and was discharged on termination of his first period of engagement on 17 January 1914. He re-enlisted in the Army Reserve (Section D) on 7 February 1914, was mobilised on 5 August 1914, and was posted to the 2nd Reserve Regiment of Cavalry on 12 August 1914, serving with them during the Great War as part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Egypt from 9 April 1915, being Mentioned in General Sir Archibald Murray’s Despatch of 1 March 1917 (London Gazette 6 July 1917). Attached to the Military Mounted Police, he was further honoured with the award of the French Medaille Militaire, and was appointed Acting Sergeant on 29 April 1916. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 13 February 1919.

Sold together with the recipient’s original Mentioned in Despatches and French Medaille Militaire Certificates; original Statement of Service; Certificate of Transfer to the Reserve; Third Class Certificate of Education; Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity; an original portrait photograph and various group photographs; and various other ephemera and research.