Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Melvin Elliott Tayler
In memory of:
Pilot Officer Melvin Elliott Tayler
November 28, 1942
Sierra Leone
Military Service
J/16534
29
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
95 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
April 4, 1913
Bloomfield, Ontario
July 2, 1940
Kingston, Ontario
Son of Garnet and Norah Tayler of Bloomfield, Ontario. Husband of Hilda Marguerite (nee Raynor) Tayler.
Commemorated on Page 118 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
FREETOWN (KING TOM) CEMETERY
Sierra Leone
7. D. 1.
FREETOWN (KING TOM) CEMETERY is enclosed by the old King Tom Dockyard, now the Police Mechanical Repair Workshop, on the north-eastern shore of King Tom Peninsula. It is about 10 minutes by taxi from the main centre of Freetown to the cemetery area.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of MELVIN ELLIOTT TAYLER – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of MELVIN ELLIOTT TAYLER – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter of recommendation – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter (1) – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Letter (2) – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Grave marker – Grave of PO Tayler in King Tom Cemetery Freetown Sierra Leone , on the occasion of the visit of HMCS Summerside in march 2017
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