Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: 2nd Lieutenant G. F. Taylor, Royal Air Force

British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut., R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine (2) £160-200

George Fyfe Taylor was born in Glasgow on 20 December 1899 and educated at Glasgow High School. Whilst employed as a Warehouseman and living in Newlands, Glasgow, he applied to join the R.F.C. Cadet Wing and entered No.1 O.T.T.C. at St. Leonards on 25 September 1917. On 27 September 1918 he was granted the temporary commission of 2nd Lieutenant (Aeroplane Officer) in the R.A.F. At the war’s end he was serving with No.12 Squadron in France, flying R.E.8 reconnaissance aircraft and in January 1919 was based at Düren, Germany. He was transferred to the Unemployed List on 12 May 1919. With the National Emergency, Taylor was restored to the Active List as a Pilot Officer on 12 April 1921 but was again transferred to the Unemployed List on 5 June 1921.

Sold with two photographs of the recipient, two late / post war photocopied officer group photographs and a number of copied service papers.