Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Lance-Sergeant A. C. Taylor, 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, later Second Lieutenant, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 October 1918
Military Medal, G.V.R. (1365 L. Sjt: A. C. Taylor. 1/15 Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A. C. Taylor) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Air Mechanic Second Class F. W. Taylor, Royal Air Force
British War and Victory Medals (59947. 2.A.M. F. W. Taylor. R.A.F.) very fine (5) £400-£500

M.M. London Gazette 21 December 1916.

Alfred Cecil Taylor attested for the London Regiment and served with the 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 March 1915. Advanced Lance-Sergeant, he was awarded the Military Medal in 1916, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 30 April 1918. He was killed in action on 23 October 1918, whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, and is buried in Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension, France.