Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private H. Naylor, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914

1914 Star (10131 Pte. H. Naylor. York: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (10131 Pte. H. Naylor. Yorks. L.I.) very fine (3) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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Harold Naylor was born at Sheffield in 1891 and served as a Signaller with the 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 August 1914. He was wounded by shrapnel in the right shoulder and taken prisoner of war by the Germans at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914.

On 17 October 1914 the Sheffield Evening Telegraph reported the following:
‘Mr J. Naylor, of 19 Harding Street, Attercliffe, Sheffield, has received a postcard from his son, Signaller Harold Naylor, of the Yorkshire Light Infantry, who is a prisoner of war in Germany.
Some time ago, Mr Naylor received a notification from the War Office that his son was missing. Last night, the family were relieved to receive the following postcard written from the prisoners’ camp at Erfurt in Germany: “Dear mother and father, - I have been slightly wounded and taken prisoner by the Germans. I am in the best of health now, and am being well looked after and hope to see you soon. So don’t worry.”
Signaller Naylor has had six years service in the Army.’

Private Naylor was repatriated after the war, arriving at Hull in the S.S. Caesarea on 21 December 1918.