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Auction: 21103 - Orders, Decorations and Medals e-Auction 4
Lot: 72

Three: Private F. Taylor, Royal West Surrey Regiment

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (3257 Pte. F. Taylor, Rl: Wt: Surrey Regt.); British War Medal 1914-20 (T-2460 Pte. F. Taylor. The Queen's R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (200891 Pte. F. Taylor, 4 Queen's Rl. R.), very fine (3)

Frederick Taylor was born in Clapham in 1872 and joined the Royal West Surrey Regiment at Guildford in October 1890. He saw active service in India (Medal & 2 clasps) before South Africa from 20 October 1899-5 August 1902, being discharged in October 1902. He appears to have thence served in Mesopotamia from 12 May 1915 (1914-15 Star Trio) and latterly on the Afghanistan North-West Frontier in 1919.

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