Five: Private J. F. Taylor, Royal Berkshire Regiment and Devonshire Regiment

1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya G.VI.R. (22285754 Pte J F Taylor Devons) mounted as worn, the GSM a somewhat later issue, good very fine and better (5) £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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John Frederick Taylor was born in Hay Mills, Birmingham, in 1924. A Drivers Mate by occupation, he attested into the General Service Corps on 21 November 1942; transferring to the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 18 February 1943, he was posted to the 6th Battalion, before disembarking in India on 13 February 1944, where he was attached to EE Battery, 69 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery on 26 April 1944. On 27 March 1947, he disembarked in the U.K. and was admitted to Battle Hospital, Reading, being released to the Reserve on 4 September 1947.

Taylor attested for the Regular Army and was posted to the Wessex Brigade Training Centre at Exeter on 23 June 1949. Posted to the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, he embarked for F.A.R.E.L.F. on 5 October 1949, where the battalion was stationed at Temerloh, Malaya. Subsequently posted to the Wessex Brigade Depot at Exeter on 16 March 1950, he was permanently attached to the Regular Commissions Board on 26 February 1952, and was discharged on Termination of Engagement on 22 June 1961. His primary Second World War awards were claimed in 1949, his Defence Medal in 1989; and his General Service Medal in 1990, all sent to a Birmingham address.

Sold with copied service records and other research.