b2340.  Trio: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal with Memorial Plaque
2622 Pte. H. E. Taylor Middx R.
2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment.
200567 Private Harold Ernest Taylor, Killed in Action, France and Flanders 24th April  1918. The battalion suffered heavily  this day with 62 of Taylor's brothers in arms killed and many more wounded holding back the continuing German onslaught. - These attacks were part of what became known as the "German spring offensive" - an offensive which ultimately failed costing the Germans the lives of a million men....
With original award slip for the pair and MIC confirming both service numbers.

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