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Military service
Service number:
20824
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Death:
May 3, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Taylor, of Woodbine Cottage, Finstown, Orkney, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private John Taylor
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Map
MAP ORKNEY ISLANDS Scotland -
Memorial
John Charles Taylor was born at Rusland, Harray on May 28, 1884, the first son, after two older daughters, of Charles Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor (nee Brown). Another daughter and son followed, before Alfred Taylor was born at Millgoe, Firth on May 21, 1894. In 1901, John was a ploughman at Moan, Harray. Emigrated to Canada likely by 1910 and was working as a locomotive engineer when the Great War started. Commemorated with his brother Alfred R.N. on the Firth Memorial in Scotland. -Information courtesy "Remembering the Fallen/ww1Cemeteries.com" Whittam/Heard. -
Attestation Paper
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Attestation Paper (page 2)
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Photo of John Taylor
The photo of John Taylor was shown in the local newspaper, The Orcadian, in summer of 1915. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private John Taylor
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Private John Taylor
Digital gallery of
Private John Taylor
Digital gallery of
Private John Taylor
Digital gallery of
Private John Taylor
Digital gallery of
Private John Taylor
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 38 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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