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Auction: 7022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 120

Seven: Captain J.J. Taylor, Manchester Regiment, Later Pioneer Corps India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., 2nd ´Indiae Imp´ type, Royal Mint issue, one clasp, Burma 1930-32 (3761321 Cpl. J. Taylor. Manch. R.); 1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf; Army Long Service & G.C., G.VI.R., with ´Regular Army´ bar suspension (3761321 C. Sjt. J.J. Taylor, Manch. R.), good very fine or better, the group together with the following documents &c.: - Mentioned in Despatch Certificate, dated 24.8.1944, together with related postcard - M.I.D. Oakleaf War Office enclosure - Letter from the War Office on the occasion of his release from active military duty, dated 17.8.1945 - Letter of recommendation from the Manchester Regiment, dated 8.1.1947 - Letter to the recipient from Northern Command on the occasion of his retirement from the Army Department, dated 12.5.1967 - The recipient´s Manchester Regiment Old Comrades Association Membership Card - Second Army Thanksgiving Service on Conclusion of the Campaign in North West Europe, 6.6.1944-5.5.1945, Order of Service Booklet - Photograph of No. 5 Platoon, the Winning Guard in the competition held at Jubbulpore, India, December 1924 - Photograph of ´B´ Company´s Guard of Honour for His Excellency Sir Frank Sly, Governor of Central Provinces, India, at Jubbalpore, India, December 1924 - Photograph of the remains of the Bungalow destroyed by fire in Rangoon, 7.12.1935 - Three Photographs of Captain Taylor (7) Estimate £ 180-220 M.I.D. London Gazette 24.8.1944 Lieutenant (T/Captain) J. Taylot, Pioneer Corps. Captain J.J. Taylor, enlisted in the Manchester Regiment, 20.1.1923; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Pioneer Corps, 2.2.1942; released from active duty, August 1945; retired from service with the Army Department, May 1967. Provenance: Ex-Giblin Collection, 2004.

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