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23 June 2021

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№ 111

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23 June 2021

Hammer Price:
£950

Three: Lieutenant-Colonel P. T. A. Taylor, Royal Artillery

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Major P. T. A. Taylor. A/1. R.A.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, Third Class neck badge, silver, gold and enamels, the first with light pitting from star, otherwise good very fine (3) £400-£500

Pierce Thomas Henry Taylor was born in India on 3 December 1840, and was commissioned into the Bengal Artillery as 2nd Lieutenant on 12 June 1858; Lieutenant, 27 August 1858; Captain, 17 March 1869; Major, 31 December 1878; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 18 November 1882; Lieutenant-Colonel, 10 May 1885, Commanding Royal Artillery, Mauritius; retired 9 April 1886.

For his services with “A” Battery, 1st Brigade, Royal Artillery, in the battle of Tel-el-Kebir, Major Taylor was mentioned in despatches (
London Gazette 2 November 1882), made Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel, and awarded the 3rd Class of the Medjidie. He received his Egypt medal from the Queen in the ceremony at Windsor Castle on 21 November 1882. Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor died on 12 April 1922, aged 81.