246738 Pte. John William Taylor British Army Royal Army Medical Corps Unfortunately, the only information about Private John William Taylor, R.A.M.C. are his Medal Rolls Index Card and a Service Medal and Award Roll, that do not indicate what theatre(s) he served in or how he concluded his service in the British Army.
It is likely that his records were among those destroyed during the Second World War. Of note, he was awarded a Service Medal Of The Order Of St. John, "9313 Pte. J. W. Taylor. Hazel Grove Div. No 4015, S.J.A.B. 1931". Per Order of St. John resources, 12 years of service was required to earn this medal, which would have established his start date in 1919.
Additionally, he earned two silver service bars, each representing five-year periods of service. Accordingly, John William Taylor would have remained in service with the Saint John Ambulance Brigade into 1941, a period of at least 22 years. For his service in the Great War, Private John William Taylor, Royal Army Medical Corps, was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
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