BORN HULL 1880. SON OF JOHN CUMMIN TAYLOR (1834-1906) AND ELIZABETH CARWARDINE (1843-1900), OF 8, EMPRINGHAM STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND A SISTER.WORKED A SHIP PLATE LABOURER LIVING AT 27 , EMPRINGHAM STREET, HULL. (1911 CENSUS)
HE ENLISTED AT CAMBRIDGE. JOINED THE 1ST CAMBRIDGE REGIMENT – ‘C’ COMPANY. POSTED TO BELGIUM, ON 14/02/1915. PROMOTED TO ACTING LANCE SERGEANT. KILLED AND MISSING AT YPRES, ON 06/05/1915, AGED 34. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS ELDER SISTER, MARY ELLEN SMITH.
First name:
EDWARD
Military Number:
2454
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Date Died
06/05/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
34
