Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Captain O. P. Taylor, South Wales Borderers, attached Trench Mortar Battery

Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Capt. O. P. Taylor. January. 1917’, in Royal Mint case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. O. P. Taylor.) good very fine (3) £600-£800

M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917.

Oscar Percy Taylor was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers on 1 August 1915 and served with the 12th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 June 1916. He transferred to the General List for duty with the Trench Mortar Battery on 24 June 1916, and was promoted temporary Lieutenant the same day. Awarded the Military Cross for his services with the Trench Mortar Battery, he was advanced acting Captain on 13 February 1917.

Sold with a photographic image of the recipient in South Wales Borderers uniform wearing the M.C. riband.