Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Acting Bombardier R. Naylor, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916

1914-15 Star (11874 Gnr: R. Naylor. R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (11874 A-Bmbr. R. Naylor. R.A.) nearly very fine (2) £140-£180

Rufus Naylor attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Bradford and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 April 1915. Serving with “D” Battery, 231st Brigade, R.F.A., he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial, France.