An impressive Great War M.M. group of nine awarded to Corporal R. Taylor, Royal Artillery

Military Medal, G.VI.R. (30493 Cpl. R. Taylor, ‘Q’ By. R.H.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (30493 Tprt. R. Taylor, 88th Bty. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (30493 Tptr. R. Taylor, R.F.A.): 1914 Star, with clasp (30493 Bmbr. R. Taylor, R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (30493 Cpl. R. Taylor, R.A.); Delhi Durbar 1903; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (30493 Cpl. R. Taylor, R.H.A.); France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1917, with bronze palm, the Boer War pair with contact marks and polished, fine, the remainder generally very fine or better (9) £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of British Groups with Foreign Awards.

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M.M. London Gazette 27 October 1916.

Ralph Taylor served in 88th Battery, Royal Field Artillery in the Boer War and first entered the French theatre of war as a Bombardier in Q Battery, Royal Horse Artillery on 11 November 1914 - although his MIC entry states ‘ineligible for 14 clasp’. Subsequently awarded the M.M., most probably for the Somme offensive; he received his L.S. & G.C. Medal in AO 125 of April 1917; sold with copied Medal & clasp roll confirmation.