British - WWII - Royal Navy Long Service Medal Group - Taylor - British Empire Medal John Ritchie Smith was born

John Ritchie Smith was born in Houghton-le-Spring

4th DRAGOON Gds

May served in the following ships

then to the 22nd Battalion

Purdy - 69th Regiment

British - WWII - Royal Navy Long Service Medal Group - Taylor - British Empire Medal John Ritchie Smith was born1939 45 Star, Atlantic Star with "France And Germany" clasp, Italy Star, 1939 45 War Medal (all unnamed as issued), QEII Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (JX. 693655 I. H. Taylor. H. M. S. Pembroke) Chief Petty Officer (SPTI) Ian Herdman Taylor was born in Ardrossan, Scotland 19 February 1925. He served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War and continued to serve in the Post War era. Taylor passed away 22 June 1973 in Nottingham,