Orders, Decorations and Medals

A fine Korean War M.C. group of seven awarded to Major J. A. W. Taylor, King’s Own Royal Regiment, for the Battle of the Hook 1953
Military Cross, E.II.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1953’; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Korea 1950-53 (Major, King’s Own); U.N. Korea, on a contemporary court mounting as worn, together with three letters written to his daughter during the war, very fine and unique to the regiment (7)

M.C. London Gazette 8 December, 1953: Major John Aveline Waters Taylor, The King’s Own Royal Regiment. The original recommendation for this award is now available at the Public Record Office and it is hoped that it will be obtained before the sale.
Major John Taylor, attached to the 1st Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool) Regiment, was commanding “D” Company at Point 146 during the final battle of ‘The Hook’ 28-29 May, 1953.