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Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Battalion
Death:
April 24, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of William John Mahaffy Taylor and Stella Bertha Taylor, of 49 Heath St. West, Toronto, Ontario. He was attending Trinity College, Oxford, when war broke out and he joined the Battalion on its arrival in England.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Geoffrey Barron Taylor
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Document
Harbord Collegiate Institute program for Remembrance Day 1931. Listing the names of the school's Fallen. Submitted by BGen (ret) G Young, 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
Photo of Geoffrey Barron Taylor
Photo showing Lieutenant Geoffrey Barron Taylor 15th Battalion CEF. Killed during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, April 24,1915. No known grave. -
Photo of Geoffrey Taylor c.1913
Geoff Taylor, the Athletic Director at the University of Toronto, December 1913. -
Photo of Geoffrey Taylor c.1912
Geoff Taylor as a member of the University of Toronto Rugby Team 1912. -
Photo of Geoffrey Taylor c.1910
Geoff Taylor as a member of the University of Toronto Rugby Team 1910. -
Group Photo
Officers of the 48th Highlanders from "The Red Watch - With the First Canadian Division in Flanders" written by Colonel J.A. Currie, M.P. Published in Toronto in 1916 and dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell in Flanders. Lt. Taylor is in the top row, fifth over from the left. -
Honour Roll
"University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", 1921. -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star for 1 May 1915. -
Newspaper Clipping (2)
The Varsity War Supplement, University of Toronto, July 1915. -
Honour Roll
Honour Roll from The Varsity War Supplement, University of Toronto, July 1915. -
Memorabilia
The 1914-15 Star Trio and Memorial Cross attributed to Lieut. Taylor killed at Ypres in 1915. -
Photo of Geoffrey Barron Taylor
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Crest
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the Harbord Collegiate Institute students who served during World War I and World War II and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
One of two memorial plaques dedicated on 24 April 2010 to commemorate those members of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada) who fell during the 2nd Battle of Ypres 22-26 April 1915. This memorial plaque is located on in the town of St Julien. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
One of two memorial plaques dedicated on 24 April 2010 to commemorate those members of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada) who fell during the 2nd Battle of Ypres 22-26 April 1915. This memorial plaque is located on Gravenstafel Ridge. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Inscription
Menin Gate panel where Lieutenant G. Taylor is commemorated. Photo by BGen Young (ret) and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Aura Lee Club Toronto -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of May 8, 1915. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist57y128uvic#mode/1up -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Barron Taylor
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Barron Taylor
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Barron Taylor
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Barron Taylor
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Barron Taylor
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Barron Taylor
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Barron Taylor
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Barron Taylor
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Geoffrey Barron Taylor
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 38 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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