BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ALFRED & ELIZA TAYLOR, 49 MILL STREET, HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS, ARTHUR, JOHN, EDWARD AND HERBERT TAYLOR AND ONE SISTER ELIZA WHO ALL LIVED AT 49 MILL STREET, BROOK STREET, HULL.
HE MARRIED AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH ON 22/03/1913. WIFE OLIVE WALKER LATER (SIMPSON). LIVED AT 10 RUTH’S TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, 25 WILLIAM STREET AND 144 , PORTER STREET, HULL. THEY HAD ONE SON CYRIL, BORN 31/12/1913. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. HE ALSO PLAYED FOR HULL A FOOTBALL TEAM FOR SEVEN YEARS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 21/11/1914, AGED 24. SERVED IN EGYPT. RECEIVED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE SHOULDER ON 01/07/1916. RETURNED TO ENGLAND AND RETURNED TO FRANCE IN SEPT 1916. PROMOTED CORPORAL IN THE FIELD ON 17/04/1917. KILLED IN ACTION AT ARRAS ON 23/06/1917, AGED 27. HE WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED RESCUING A COMRADE AND DIED OF WOUNDS THE SAME DAY. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 18/07/1917. *
HIS LETTERS AND GREETING CARDS WERE RETURNED TO HIS WIDOW. SHE RECIEVED A WAR GATUITY OF 20 SHILLINGS A WEEK FOR HERSELF AND SON AND LATER REMARRIED.
