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10 November 2021

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№ 87

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10 November 2021

Hammer Price:
£110

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1279 Pte. W. Taylor. Oxf: L.I.) engraved naming, edge bruising, very fine £70-£90

William Taylor was born at Chatham, Kent, and attested at the age of 14 into the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot at Fermoy, Ireland on 14 October 1870. He was appointed to be Bandsman on 28 March 1878, and was discharged from the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry in 1892, after over 21 years’ service, 14 years of which had been spent in India and Burma.