BORN HULL 1898. BAPTISED AT HESSLE ROAD ON 07/07/1898. ONLY CHILD OF THE LATE EDWIN TAYLOR (1859-1915) & JANET TAYLOR (1872-1950). THE FAMILY LIVED AT 60 PAISLEY STREET (191 CENSUS) AND THIS ARMY ADDRESS. HE WAS A JOINER AND CARPENTER.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON THE 05/06/1916, AGED 17 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 136 LBS, AND 36 INCH CHEST. SERVED WITH THE 1ST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 27/06/1917. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/11/1917, AGED 19. HE HAD SERVED FOR 1 YEAR AND 159 DAYS. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, WHO MOVED TO TOWN FARM, LOFTS-IN-CLEVELAND, YORKSHIRE.
Buried at Zonnebeke, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
First name:
EDWIN ARNOLD
Military Number:
40740
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/11/1917
Place died:
Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
3 BRENTWORTH AVENUE, HARDWICK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
