Seven: Squadron Quarter-Master Sergeant F. Naylor, 1st Dragoon Guards

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4433 Cpl. Naylor, Regt. of Dragoons), no initial given; 1914 Star (4433 Sjt. F. Naylor, 1/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (1DG-4433 Sq. Q.M. Sjt. F. Naylor, 1-D. Gds.); Delhi Durbar 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (D-19461 Sq. Q.M. Sjt. F. Naylor 1/D. Gds.); French Croix de Guerre 1914-1915, with gilt palm and star riband fitments, the first and third with minor official corrections, generally very fine and better (7) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals.

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Frank Naylor, a confirmed recipient of the Delhi Durbar Medal 1911, first entered the French theatre of war in November 1914, at which point he most probably “ditched” the Austrian Diamond Jubilee Medal he had been awarded in 1908 (regimental records refer). Judging by the early reverse dates on his ungazetted Croix de Guerre, he went on to serve with distinction in the trenches at Festubert in 1915, or indeed in his regiment’s gallant stand at Hooge a month or two later.