War Medals

10856 PRIVATE HERBERT CLAUDE TAYLOR, 2ND. BN. SOUTH WALES BORDERERS, KILLED IN ACTION GALLIPOLI 6 JULY 1915

1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal 1914-19 (10856 Pte. H.C. Taylor, S.Wales Bord.); Memorial Plaque - Herbert Claude Taylor : (HERBERT CLAUDE TAYLOR Recorded as being born around 1895 at Heaton, Northumberland, and in 1901 was residing at Cullercoats,Tynemouth, Northumberland, but by 1911 he had moved and was residing with his mother at 'Lindum Holme' Eastbourne, in Sussex. His occupation was then given as Clerk to a coal merchant. With the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Army and was posted to 2nd. Battalion, South Wales Borderers. On 23 September 1914, he landed with the Battalion at Lao Shan Bay, China, for operations against the German base at Tsingtao, where the Japanese, as Britain's ally, fought alongside the South Wales Borderers. On 18 November 1914, at the conclusion of the siege the Battalion embarked at Sha-tzu-kou Bay bound for Hong Cong, arriving there on 22 November 1914. The Battalion subsequently left Hong Kong and returned to England, disembarking on 12 January 1915. On 17 March 1915 the Battalion embarked at Avonmouth for Egypt, arriving there on 29 March 1915. On 25 April 1915, 'B', 'C' and 'D' Companies landed at "S" Beach, Morto Bay, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, during the First Day of the landings. Following the major push on 28 June 1915, the Battalion followed up to remove remaining resistance at The Boomerang, after which the main 'Battle of Gully Ravine' ensued, lasting for five days. The recipient is recorded as having been KILLED IN ACTION on 6 July 1915, he was just 20 years of age, he has no known grave and is therefore commemorated on the Helles Memorial.) : Sold with verification, copy Census Records and copy photograph of the recipient in uniform. A very scarce group to a man who served firstly in China and was later killed in action in Gallipoli NEF - £1200