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Description: | Distinguished Service Cross awarded to Captain Frederick Henry Taylor. The award was published in the ?London Gazette? 6 August 1915. In May that year Lieutenant Taylor was in command of the C-Class submarine HMS ?C-24?, engaged in coastal defence duties. A plan was devised whereby the armed trawler ?Taranaki? would tow ?C-24? to where U-boats were known to be hunting. On June 23 ?U-40? was sighted and while the ?Taranaki? acted as a decoy vessel, Taylor on ?C-24? fired a torpedo that sank the U-boat. In World War II, Captain Taylor served as Commodore, Ocean Convoys 1941-44 and was Mentioned in Despatches. The wreck of the 'U-40' was discovered in 2009, 74 km (46 miles) off Eyemouth, Scotland.
The medal is in the form of a plain silver cross pattee, convexed. In the centre of the obverse face is the Royal Cypher. On the reverse it is hallmarked. It is suspended from a blue ribbon with a central white stripe. The medal is mounted on a bar with three others: 1914-1915 Star (MED1413), British War Medal (MED1414) and the Victory Medal (MED1415). It has a fitted case of issue.
AQN: Taylor, H W, Mrs (previous owner).
caption: Distinguished Service Cross 1914-1936, obverse
caption: Medals awarded to Capt Frederick Henry Taylor CBE DSC RN (obverse, l to r, MED1412-1415)
caption: Distinguished Service Cross 1914-1936, reverse
caption: Medals awarded to Capt Frederick Henry Taylor CBE DSC RN (reverse, r to l, MED1412-1415) | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | gallantry medals fl.1903-45 Distinguished Service Cross Capt Frederick Henry Taylor | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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