BORN NORTH CAVE, YORKS, 1900. ELDEST SON OF WALTER AND HANNAH MARY TAYLOR, AT 5 LAUREL GROVE, ETON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS AND WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
UNMARRIED. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A BUTCHER, AND ALSO LIVED AT 8 PERCIVAL GROVE, ETON STREET. HEALTHY AND RELATIVELY TALL FOR HIS AGE AT 5 FOOT 7.5 INCHES, 119 LBS WEIGHT, 36-38 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 26/09/1917, AGED 17 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. TRAINED AT RUGELEY CAMP. SERVED WITH THE 18TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/04/1918, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WALTER.
HE LEFT SIBLINGS, WALTER, MABEL AND PHYLLIS TAYLOR AT THIS ADDRESS.
First name:
HARVEY
Military Number:
81548
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/04/1918
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
18
5 LAUREL GROVE, ETON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
