Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (33114 Bombr F. S. Taylor R.H.A.) privately engraved naming, very fine £70-£90

Frederick Sidney Taylor was born in Plumstead, Kent, in 1884, and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Woolwich on 12 March 1904. Posted to “K” Battery in 1904, he was awarded his Schoolmaster’s Certificate the following year and served in India from 22 September 1906 to 19 March 1913. His Army Service Record further confirms entitlement to the Delhi Durbar 1911 Medal, but notes that he died of a gunshot wound at ‘Le Chateau Baron Hospital’ on 8 September 1914, whilst serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France.