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Military service
Service number:
109636
Age:
16
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
October 12, 1899
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. C. 17.
Additional information
Son of Arthur Edward and Phoebe Taylor, of 38, Royce Avenue, Toronto. Born at Woking, England.
Digital gallery of Private George Edward Taylor
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Mémorial
Pte. George Edward Taylor's name is listed on this bronze memorial designed as a tribute to the men of the Eaton company who died as a result of service in World War One. 3,327 Eaton's staff enlisted in the war. It was unveiled in Toronto on November 15th, 1923 by Mrs. Timothy Eaton and on November 26th an identical memorial was unveiled in the Winnipeg store. The shield of the female figure bears the coats of arms of the provinces of Canada. Pte. Taylor was described as an employee of the T. Eaton Co. photographic department in Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Star - January 12th, 1917). -
Photo de GEORGE EDWARD TAYLOR
In memory of the employees of the T. Eaton Company that went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private George Edward Taylor
Digital gallery of
Private George Edward Taylor
Digital gallery of
Private George Edward Taylor
Digital gallery of
Private George Edward Taylor
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 171 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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