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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 270

Miniature Awards: The Great War D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C. Group of Six Attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel G.V. Taylor, 16th Rifle Brigade, Later Norfolk Regiment Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Officer´s (O.B.E.) Badge, silver-gilt; Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves; General Service 1918-62, G.V.R., one clasp, Kurdistan, nearly extremely fine, mounted as originally worn, with a photographic image of the recipient (6) Estimate £ 140-180 D.S.O. London Gazette 3.6.1919 T./Maj. George Vere Taylor, M.C., 16th Bn., Rif. Brig. O.B.E. London Gazette 2.6.1923 Captain George Vere Taylor, D.S.O., M.C., The Norfolk Regiment M.C. London Gazette 1.1.1918 T./Capt George Vere Taylor, Rif. Brig. Lieutenant-Colonel George Vere Taylor, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C. born August 1887; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade, 21.6.1915; Lieutenant, 20.10.1915; served with the Brigade in the Great War on the Western Front from 23.2.1916 (twice Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 4.1.1917 and 19.7.1919); Appointed Captain and Adjutant, 16th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, 4.9.1916; temporary Major, 27.2.1918; acting Lieutenant-Colonel, 15.5.1918; relinquished command, 1.9.1921; re-commissioned Captain, Norfolk Regiment, 1.1.1922; served as Staff Captain and D.A.A.Q.M.G. in Iraq, 1.10.1922 - 30.9.1926; Appointed Adjutant, Malay States Volunteer Regiment, 15.11.1928.

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