BORN BOWLING, BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE, 1888. SON OF THOMAS AND ELIZA TAYLOR, OF 16. PORTLAND TERRACE. COURTNEY STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND NORNABELL STREET, HULL. HE WAS AN OIL MILLER.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 05/05/1915, AGED 27.
HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON THE COURTNEY STREET, NORNABELL STREET, SPENCER STREET & WILMINGTON ROLLS OF HONOUR. (PUBLISHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 01/12/1916.)
HIS WAR PENSION, WENT TO HIS UNMARRIED WIFE, MRS HARRIET WILSON, AT 9, CORONATION AVENUE, WITHERNSEA STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
First name:
JAMES
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/6917
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/05/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
27
9, CORONATION AVENUE, WITHERNSEA STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
