{"product_id":"122nd-bde-royal-field-artillery-dow-1918-medal-trio-ww1-casualty-camberwell","title":"122nd Bde Royal Field Artillery DOW 1918 Medal Trio WW1 Casualty Camberwell","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eFirst World War Casualty Medal Trio – Gunner Cecil Arthur Taylor – Died of Wounds 17 September 1918\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e1914-15 Star – \u003cb\u003eL-15116 GNR: C. A. TAYLOR. R.F.A.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eBritish War Medal – \u003cb\u003eL-15116 GNR. C. A. TAYLOR. R.A.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eVictory Medal – \u003cb\u003eL-15116 GNR. C. A. TAYLOR. R.A.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eCecil Arthur Taylor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e was born in \u003cb\u003eCamberwell, South East London\u003c\/b\u003e, and enlisted locally at \u003cb\u003eCamberwell\u003c\/b\u003e into the \u003cb\u003eRoyal Field Artillery\u003c\/b\u003e, later serving as a \u003cb\u003eGunner (No. L\/15116)\u003c\/b\u003e. He served with \u003cb\u003e“C” Battery, 122nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery\u003c\/b\u003e, part of the British Army’s artillery arm which played a central role in all major operations on the Western Front.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eTaylor served in \u003cb\u003eFrance and Flanders\u003c\/b\u003e, where the Royal Field Artillery were heavily engaged in providing close artillery support to infantry attacks, counter-battery fire, and defensive barrages during the later stages of the war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eDuring the closing phase of the conflict, as the Allied armies advanced in the \u003cb\u003eHundred Days Offensive of 1918\u003c\/b\u003e, Taylor was \u003cb\u003eseverely wounded in action\u003c\/b\u003e. He subsequently \u003cb\u003edied of his wounds on 17 September 1918, aged 24\u003c\/b\u003e, just weeks before the end of the war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eNotably, official records later amended his status, with a \u003cb\u003eWar Office Daily List (No. 5765, dated 7 January 1919)\u003c\/b\u003e recording him as \u003cb\u003e“previously reported died of wounds, now reported killed”\u003c\/b\u003e, highlighting a discrepancy in the exact classification of his death, though it is clear he was a fatal casualty of active operations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eHe was the \u003cb\u003eson of Mr. E. and Mrs. R. Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e, of \u003cb\u003e19 Caspian Street, New Church Road, Camberwell, London\u003c\/b\u003e, and his loss would have been felt deeply within his local community in South London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eTaylor is buried at \u003cb\u003eLebucquière Communal Cemetery Extension, France (Grave II.B.8)\u003c\/b\u003e, a cemetery associated with the final Allied advances of 1918.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eHe was entitled to the 1914–15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e, confirming his overseas service and qualification for the full First World War trio.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003ePLEASE NOTE: All research will be sent to the buyer via email. 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