F V H NEWICK & F M TAYLOR Leicestershire Regiment

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Thanks for your replies

I thought "Menrtioned in Despatches" meant he had done something courageous rather than just mentioned as a fact in a record

To be mentioned in despatches a soldier or officer usually had to do something really useful to help the operation to achieve its aim. It didn't have to involve heroism or courage. In fact at the end of a campaign it was frequently the case that the MIDs were somewhat akin to an Oscar acceptance speech, in which the great and the good are thanked. 

I see very little "thanks to F M Taylor for his ervices......." in the record dated 1920 above!!!!!! so for me reading that I would be none the wiser

He was conscripted into the Army presumably after May 1916 (as a married man). Beween then & 1918 (ref the Absent Voter List) nothing appears to be known about his time in the Service. My late father knew almost nothing about his father's war service, but he did mention to me Salonika, Quarter Master Serjeant and mentioned in dispatches - 2 of those have been found to be true, so........