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Auction: 24112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 34

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Lieut Jas M. Taylor. 97th Regt M.N.I.), good very fine

James Marriott Taylor, the son of Lieutenant-General H. G. A. Taylor of Hyde Park, London, was killed during the storming of the stronghold of the rebel Myah Thoon in Burma on 19 March 1853.

There is a monument to Taylor in St. Mary's Church, Fort St. George, reading: 'Sacred to the memory of Lieutenant James Marriott Taylor, 9th Regiment, N.I., acting interpreter to Her Majesty's 51st K.O.L.I., who was killed on 19th March 1853, whilst gallantly leading a company of the 51st to the assault of a
stockade in the Donibeu district of Pegu. The officers of the King's Own Light Infantry erected this tablet to mark their sense of his worth and gallantry. He joined the army in 1842, was Lieut. on 31st Jan. 1846.'

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Sold for
£700

Starting price
£210

Sale 24112 Notices
Medal correctly named to the 9th M.N.I. - please see further photograph of naming. Suspension repaired.