A positively attributed Royal Marines Officer 'Gallipoli' & 'Irish Rebellion 1916' casualty group of 8 miniature medals: Captain Leonard Frederick William Tayler, Royal Marines, late Cadet British India Steam Navigation Company Limited & later Union C

- 1914-15 Star
- British War Medal. Silver issue
- Interallied Victory Medal
- The 1939-1945 Star:
- The Atlantic Star:
- The Pacific Star:
- War Medal:
- Coronation Medal 1953

Sold together with:

- 4 x rows of companion full-size medal ribands a/f (including a full set of 8 x ribands mounted on 2 x bars & 2 x 3 space bars of WW2 ribands only) each row mounted on pin-back bars, and as-worn by the recipient

Note: Confirmed in Royal Marines Officers Service papers as 'Wounded-in-Action' at Battle of Krithia, Gallipoli on 13 July 1915.

Important: Confirmed deployed in Ireland with 'Special Battalion Royal Marines' on active service during suppression of the Irish Rebellion (East Rising) between 28 April to 16 May 1916

War Services: His statement of 'War Services' contained in his Officers papers (held and accessible at The National Archives) specifically show his 'War Services' as:

1). Served with Chatham Battalion R.M.L.I. Landed at Cape Helles, 17/6/15 until 17/7/15 and from 25/7/15 until invalided on 19/9/15. Took part in general attack on Krithia, 12th & 13th July 1915. Wounded in action, 13/7/15

2). R. M, Battalion, Ireland, 28/4/16 to 16/5/16 'Irish Rebellion'

Medals verification: All of the campaign medals verified as issued per the respective Royal Marines and British Merchant Navy medal rolls as under:

- 1914-15 Star trio: Ref ADM 171/92
- Second World War Medals: Ref BT 395/1/95154

Leonard Frederick William Tayler, second son of Simon Walter Tayler (a Gentleman Farmer) & Marion Isabella Tayler (nee Hallaran) was a native of, All Cannings, Wiltshire, England. where he was born on, 22 February 1893 (baptized on, 30 April 1893). Leonard was apprenticed to the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited on, 16 February 1910, at which time he was appointed 'Cadet' and was 16 years and 11 months of age.

During the Great War, Leonard was granted a 'Temporary' Commission in the Royal Marines, his appointments and promotions being; 2nd Lieutenant, 11 March 1915; Lieutenant, 13 September 1915 & Captain on 4 September 1917. He served variously with the Royal Marine Light Infantry, firstly at Gallipoli during the Dardanelles Campaign, where he was 'Wounded-in-Action' at Krithia, then, after recovering from his wounds, was deployed to Ireland in April 1916, with the Royal Marines Special Service Battalion, for suppression of the Irish Rebellion (Easter Rising). Interestingly, Leonard was deployed to Ireland a second time in the immediate post-armistice era, his 'War Services' endorsed as 'Duty with R.M. Guard, Haulbowline Dockyard, Queenstown' (located at Cork, Ireland) where he served 19/1/19 until 26/5/19. Leonard was 'Demobilized' from the Royal Marines on 30 August 1919

Leonard, married Olive Mary Bale, at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, sometime during the last quarter of 1918. The couple were subsequently blessed with a son, Michael Frederick Tayler who was born 11 August 1920 (he served in the Indian Army during the Second World War, and who post-war became a Clerk in Holy Orders). After taking his demobilization form the Royal Marines, Leonard returned to the sea, pursuing his career in the Mercantile Marine. In the inter-war years he sailed as an officer with the Union Castle Line, with which shipping line he held the appointment of 'Purser'. His Board of Trade 'Medals' record shows that he was still holding the appointment of 'Purser' during the war years, when he qualified for four campaign medals including the Atlantic & Pacific Stars

Leonard Frederick William Tayler is recorded as having died on 19 October 1965, prior to which time he had been residing at, 15 Park Road, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, England. He was succeeded by his wife and son The Reverend Michael Frederick Tayler a clerk in Holy Orders

The recipients full-size medals, and the medals of his son (Reverend Michael Frederick Tayler, late Lieutenant, 7th Rajput Regiment, Indian Army) are being sold separately on the website, see item code's 21602 & 21606

Service Papers: The recipient Royal Marines Officer's service paper's are extant and are held & accessible at The National Archives

The medals mounted in the swing-style and as-worn by the recipient. The medals suspended form their original silk ribands and suspended from a mounting brooch bar which latter retains its long hinged pin 7 clasp fittings

Important: The items for sale in this lot, are only the 8 x miniature medals & 4 x medal riband bars as described. The full-size medals are not included in the sale, and the images supplied attached to this listing are for reference / provenance purposes only (we will however forward the buyer soft-copies of the images for their records)

Comment: Unless a recipient was wounded, killed or decorated, it is notoriously difficult to find positively attributed medals to British personnel who actively served in Ireland during the suppression of the Irish Rebellion (Easter Rising) of 1916

Condition: VF

Code: 21569