Campaign Groups and Pairs x329 Three: Commander W. C. Taylor, Royal Indian Marine


Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Commander W. C. Taylor, R.I.M.S. Palinurus.); British War and Victory Medals (Comdr. W. C. Taylor, R.I.M.) good very fine (3) (3)


£300-£400


Walford Charles Taylor trained in H.M.S. Conway for 2 years 1885-87, and apprenticed to Williamson Milligan & Co., Liverpool, where he served 4 years 6 months in Sailing Ships and 7 months in Steam. He obtained a 2nd mate’s Certificate of Competency in Dublin on 18 December 1890; passed for Lieutenant at Bombay on 25 January 1895; obtained the Honorary Certificate, R.N. College, Greenwich, Session 1897-98; and passed for Commander’s Certificate at Bombay on 21 September 1900.


Taylor joined the Royal Indian Marine as Lieutenant and Assistant Surveyor 3rd Class on 26 October 1906. He was appointed to the Marine Survey of India and was engaged in survey work in the Indian Marine Ships Investigator from October 1907, and in Palinurus from October 1909, having been promoted to Assistant Surveyor 1st Class. He was promoted to Commander 3rd Grade on 18 July 1911 and remained in Palinurus until the outbreak of war in 1914, when he was appointed Assistant Marine Transport Officer at Karachi. He was promoted to Commander 2nd Grade in January 1915 and appointed to the command of R.I.M.S. Investigator, but actually took command of R.I.M.S. Nearchus on 18 January, which command he held until 20 March 1915, when he was appointed for General Duty and Bombay Dockyard and Assistant Port Officer, Bombay.


During the war, the Royal Indian Marine was assigned tasks such as marine survey, lighthouse maintenance, troop transport and minesweeping, e.g. it kept Bombay and Aden harbours open through intensive sweeping efforts. In March 1918 he was appointed Senior Marine Transport Officer at Marmagou and, on 25 June, he took over as S.M.T.O. at Bushire where he died on 29 July 1918. He is buried in Tehran War Cemetery.


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Three: Major G. J. Malcolm, Royal Flying Corps, the first Canadian-born pilot to serve in the Royal Flying Corps, he later commanded 20 Squadron and was killed in France in July 1916


1914 Star, with clasp (2.Lieut: G. J. Malcolm. R.F.A. Attd: R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major G. J. Malcolm.) good very fine (3)


£400-£500


George John Malcolm was born at Dominion City, Manitoba, to liveryman George Malcolm and his wife Frances in 1891. He was raised in England earning a Bachelor of Science degree at London University in 1911. He served with the university's officer training corps and obtained a commission in the Royal Field Artillery.


He earned his Royal Aero Club Aviator Certificate in November of 1913. He was among the first airmen to fly in France and was mentioned in dispatches by Sir John French in January 1915 (London Gazette 17 February 1915. Following a severe flying accident he was promoted Major and commanding officer of 20 Squadron.


He and his Observer, Lieutenant G. E. Chancellor, were both killed when the FE2d he was ferrying stalled and crashed on 9 July 1916. He was 26 years old and is buried in Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery.


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Three: Private W. G. Butcher, 1st/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Welsh Regiment, who was killed in action on 24 July 1915


1914 Star (1742 Pte. W. G. Butcher. 1/6 Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (1742 Pte. W. G. Butcher. Welsh R.) good very fine (3)


£140-£180


William George Butcher was born at Ystrad, Glamorgan and enlisted in the Welsh Regiment at Maesteg. He served with the 1/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion (Territorial Force) during the Great War on the Western Front, landing at Le Havre on 29 October 1914 and from there moving to work on the Lines of Communication. He was killed in action on 24 July 1915, his battalion at that time coming under the orders of the 84th Brigade in the 28th Division, and is buried in Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery, Belgium.


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