A Collection of Medals to the West Yorkshire (14th Foot) and Yorkshire (19th Foot) Regiments

Three: Private J. Taylor, West Yorkshire Regiment, taken prisoner of war in October 1914

1914 Star (7090 Pte. J. Taylor. 1/W. York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7090 Pte. J. Taylor. W. York. R.) generally very fine (3) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the West Yorkshire (14th Foot) and Yorkshire (19th Foot) Regiments.

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James Taylor served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment in the French theatre of war, from 8 September 1914. He was reported ‘Missing’ in October 1914, and subsequently confirmed as a POW, interned at Stellin, Germany.