Lot 125
Dunkirk Evacuation and Bomb Disposal Officer who was wounded in Burma
At Sea, On Land & In The Air | M24003
Auction: 24 September 2024 at 18:30 BST
Description
The World War Two Campaign Medals awarded to Captain George Bernard Taylor Royal Army Ordnance Corps who was evacuated from the Beaches at Dunkirk and who spent the rest of the War serving in a Bomb Disposal Unti being wounded in the back in Burma, comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Burma Star, 1939-45 Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal unnamed as issued. Very fine (5)
George Bernard Taylor, was born on the 3rd of March 1913, he grew up in Worthing and before World War Two worked for the Ford Motor Company. He dated the actress Googie Withers!!. He had joined the Territorial Army before the War and volunteered before it started for the Royal Navy and also the Royal Air Force, but eventually joined the Army - soon promoted to Corporal. He was given a Commission on the 22nd of August 1942. Taylor was a member of the B.E.F. in 1940 and had advanced as far as the Belgian Border but had “Met everyone coming back” so had to retreat. He was evacuated from Dunkirk . His Wife and unborn child were Killed in a Bombing Raid during The Blitz. He was posted after Commissioning to Africa then to Burma where he was wounded in the back during the Campaign, which rendered him bed-ridden in later life. He finished the war holding the rank of Captain. Known as “Gee” to his family and friends he Died aged 99 years on the 20th of March 2012.
Sold with original Box of Issue (flattened) and (tatty) Bestowal Slip, typed Obituary and two copy photographs.
