BORN BROMYARD, HEREFORDSHIRE.,1888. ELDEST SON OF HENRY ALBERT WARE TAYLOR AND MARY ANN MERRICK (1867-1916), OF CROMWELL STREET, BROMYARD. HERTS. HIS FATHER WAS A RURAL POSTMAN.
ARTHUR WORKED AS A GARDENER AT PICKERING PARK. WAS A WELL KNOWN ATHLETE, WHO HAD ASSISTED ANALBY CRICKET AND FOOTBALL TEAMS. MARRIED WITH ONE CHILD. HE MARRIED ON 15/09/1915. HIS WIFE, BEATRICE ANNIE, LIVED AT 112, REGENT STREET, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HIS ARMY RECORDS, DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT 6 INCHES TALL, 138 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, BLACK HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED IN THE 10TH ‘HULL COMMERCIALS’, ON 01/09/1914. HE LEFT FOR EGYPT, ON 07/12/1915. TRANSFERRED TO FRANCE, ON 08/03/1916. PROMOTED TO LANCE CORPORAL. HE WAS WOUNDED BY A BULLET IN THE SPINE, IN JULY 1916 AND INVALIDED TO ENGLAND. HE DIED OF A FRACTURED SPINE, ON 06/08/1916, AGED 28, AT THE 2ND WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL, MANCHESTER. HIS RELATIVES WERE PRESENT. HE IS BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 341 DAYS.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD, HULL. HIS ONLY CHILD, DOROTHY, DIED 22/04/1917 AGED ONLY 9 MONTHS.
HE LEFT A WIDOW, FOUR BROTHERS, WILLIAM, PERCY, STANLEY AND ALFRED WARE TAYLOR, AND THREE SISTERS, ELLEN, SARAH AND ALICE.
