Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

South Africa 1834-53 (Qr. Mr. R. Taylor. 1st. Bn. Rifle Bde. Paymstr. Levies.) minor edge bruise, traces of lacquer, good very fine £500-£700

Dix Noonan Webb, December 2002.

Richard Taylor was appointed Quarter Master on 29 March 1839 and served with the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade, in the second Kaffir War of 1846-47. He was placed on half-pay on 21 August 1849. The medal rolls, however, also credit him with service in the third Kaffir War of 1850-53 and this may have been in his capacity as Paymaster of the local Levies, hence the additional naming detail on his medal.