Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914-15 Star (6) (15545 Pte. H. Ward, North’n. R.; 9652 Pte. A. Hughes, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 8317 Pte. T. Ramsden, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; A-3730 Pte. L. Taylor, K.R. Rif. C.; 12831 Pte. E. A. Hutchinson, K.R. Rif. C.; B-2871 Pte. F. G. Hookey, Rif. Brig.); British War Medal 1914-20 (12) (205086 Pte. W. G. Peasland, North’n. R.; 3990 Pte. A. Wright, North’n. R.; 21514 Pte. E. C. Smith, North’n. R.; 59707 Pte. C. E. Gammage, North’n. R.; 3-9039 Pte. E. T. Jeffrey, North’n. R.; 12612 Pte. H. Stevens, North’n. R.; 34708 Pte. W. H. Hopkins, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; 356068 Pte. R. Terry, Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.; R-2158 Pte. P. A. Beaufoy, K.R. Rif. C.; 10248 A. Sjt. R. C. Turner, Rif. Brig.; S-7692 Pte. C. Dell, Rif. Brig.; S-19855 Pte. G. D. Neville, Rif. Brig.) medal to ‘Stevens’ lacking suspension rod; Victory Medal 1914-19 (S-19956 Pte. C. Betteridge, Rif. Brig.), very fine and better (19) £200-250

Leonard Taylor was born in and enlisted at Swansea. Serving with the 12th Battalion K.R.R.C., he died of wounds on 28 October 1917, aged 22 years. He was buried in the Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt. He was also the recipient of the Military Medal.