BORN HULL 1892. SON OF HENRY DAVID TAYLOR & SARAH ANNE TAYLOR, OF 8 ALEXANDRIA TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 4 PEASE PLACE, PEASE STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HIS OLDER BROTHER GEORGE LIVED AT 1 HOPE TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL AND SISTERS MARY ELLEN STEEL LIVED AT 3 HADDON COURT, PEASE STREET AND ROSE SMITH, AT 7 JAMES PLACE, MASON STREET, HULL.
HE WORKED AS A CATTLE DRIVER. THIS WAS HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, 128 LBS WEIGHT.
HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY, ON 15/01/1915, AGED 24. SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE 08/09/1915. RECEIVED A BULLET WOUND TO THE THIGH ON 09/11/1915. RETURNED HOME AND RETURNED TO FRANCE ON 12/12/1915. PROMOTED LANCE CORPORAL ON 21/07/1916. KILLED IN ACTION ON 05/11/1916. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, TO THE MISSING, FRANCE. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 298 DAYS.
HE WAS UNMARRIED AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH ANN, WHO MOVED TO 27 PEASE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS BODY WAS NOT FOUND AND HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THIEPVAL. HE WAS AGED 25.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, WILLIAM TAYLOR, 16438, 1ST MIDDLESEX REGIMENT, WAS KILLED ON 18/07/1918, AGED 23 AND IS BURIED AT NINE ELMS CEMETRY, BELGIUM.
