Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal W. G. Taylor, Royal Fusiliers
1914-15 Star (16678 Pte. W. G. Taylor. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (L-16678 Pte. W. G. Taylor. R. Fus.) good very fine

Pair: Private O. A. Wall, South Wales Borderers
British War and Victory Medals (44349 Pte. O. A. Wall. S. Wales Bord.) good very fine

1914-15 Star (17249 Pte. J. Hunter. R. Sc. Fus:) nearly very fine (6) £80-£100

William George Taylor was born in Richmond, Surrey, in 1899 and attested underage for the Royal Fusiliers at Hounslow on 30 April 1915. He served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 October 1915, before proceeding with them to Alexandria three weeks later on 25 October 1915, and thence to Salonika in December the same year. He was sent back to the U.K. on 15 May 1916 when it was discovered that he was underage.

Returning to France on 6 December 1916, Taylor returned to the U.K. due to sickness on 1 February 1917, and later transferred to the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and then the Duke of Lancaster’s Yeomanry, before returning to the Royal Fusiliers Depot with the rank of Corporal. He was discharged, no longer physically fit for war service, on 19 September 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B324976.

Oliver Arthur Wall attested for the South Wales Borderers and served with both the 1st and 11th Battalions during the Great War.

John Hunter was born in Beath, Fifeshire, in 1898 and attested underage for the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Cowdenbeath. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 July 1915, and was killed in action on 27 September 1915, aged 17 years 6 months. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France.

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