BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN HENRY TAYLOR & SARAH ELIZA LEADLEY (1859-1940), OF CHURCH LANE, BEVERLEY AND 4 LORNE TERRACE, WYKE STREET, HULL.SON OF SHIP FIREMAN. HE WORKED AS A PAPER HANGER (1911 CENSUS).
ENLISTED BEVERLEY. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 21848, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/10/1916, AGED 24. COMMEMORATED AT THIEPVAL.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH E. TAYLOR WHO MOVED TO 3 FERN GROVE, RUGBY STREET, HESSLE ROAD AND THEN 6 FERNDALE STREET, ST MARK STREET, HULL (PENSION ADDRESSES)
First name:
GEORGE DARLEY
Military Number:
36278
Rank:
Private
Date Died
17/10/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
24
