Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Natal, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (Lt: Col: P. B. Taylor, R.H.A.) officially engraved naming , good very fine £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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Brevet Colonel P. B. Taylor (retired pay) was in command of “U” Battery Royal Horse Artillery in the South African War of 1899-1901, and was twice wounded: slightly at Vaal Bank on 27 November 1900, and dangerously on 20 June 1901. He took part in the relief of Kimberley, and was present in the operations in the Orange Free State February to May 1900, including operations in Paardeberg, and actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River, and Zand River. Additionally, Taylor was in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg and Diamond Hill - and later in the Transvaal east of Pretoria in 1900, which included actions at Belfast. He was also in Orange River Colony in 1900, including actions at Bothaville, and again in Orange River Colony from 30 November 1900 to February 1901, and March to June 1901. Taylor was in Cape Colony in December 1900 and from February to March 1901 (Despatches London Gazette 10 September 1901; Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel; Queen’s Medal with 8 Clasps).