BORN 1889 ARDWICK, MANCHESTER. SON OF WILLIAM TAYLOR (1863-1927) AND RUTH HEATHCOTE SMITH (1860-1935), OF 7 BERKELEY TERRACE, CONVENT LANE, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A STONEMASON, FROM HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION, COLDSTREAM GUARDS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 22/01/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT LOOS, ON 28/09/1915, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, RUTH, WHO WAS A DRESSMAKER.
BROTHER TO, EVA, ETHEL, EMILY, JESSIE AND JAMES TAYLOR.
First name:
JOHN UNWIN
Regiment:
Military Number:
11467
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/09/1915
Place died:
Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
25
7 BERKELEY TERRACE, CONVENT LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
