Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914-15 Star (Capt: K. C. C. Taylor. 29/Can: Inf:) good very fine £100-£140

D.S.O. London Gazette 14 March 1916:
‘For conspicuous gallantry when leading bombers in a raid on enemy trenches. Although wounded, Captain Taylor jumped into the trench, and disposed of several of the enemy with bomb, revolver and bayonet. Later he withdrew his men most coolly, and assisted in taking back wounded.’

Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor was born in Montreal, Quebec, on 20 March 1888 and was commissioned in the 11th Regiment, Canadian Militia, in June 1908. He attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Vancouver, British Columbia, on 16 November 1914, and was appointed a Captain in the 29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. He served with the 29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 September 1915, and was wounded at Kemmel by a gun shot wound to the chest on 30 January 1916. Appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, he was killed in action on 12 September 1916, and is buried in Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison, France.

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