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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 417

(x) Four: Sergeant F. Taylor, Royal Sussex Regiment, late Sussex Yeomanry, who served in the Gallipoli campaign and later as a Lieutenant and Platoon Commander in the Home Guard during World War Two

1914-15 Star (2166 L.Cpl. F. Taylor. Suss. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (2166 Sjt. F. Taylor, Suss. Yeo.); Defence Medal 1939-45, this last in its original card forwarding box, addressed to 'Mr. F. Taylor, 3 Park Road, Punbrook, Portsmouth', good very fine (4)


Frank Taylor enlisted in the Sussex Yeomanry and served with the 1st Battalion in the Gallipoli operations from 7 October 1915. He and his comrades spent time in the trenches at Border Barricade and Fusilier Bluff, many suffering from enteritis. They were evacuated to Mudros at the end of December 1915 and thereafter fought in Egypt and Palestine.

Disembodied on 24 February 1919, Taylor was appointed Lieutenant on 1 February 1941 and served with the 16th (Havant) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard from 27 May 1940 to 31 December 1944; sold with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate and assorted group and individual photographs.


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Sold for
£160