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Reginald Taylor

In memory of:

Rifleman Reginald Taylor

December 23, 1943
Niigata-Rinko 5B Camp Hospital, Japan

Military Service


Service Number:

E/29853

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information


Born:

November 22, 1919
Sawyerville, Quebec

Enlistment:

July 18, 1940
Bury, Quebec

His full name is Reginald Samuel Taylor. Son of Lewis Charles Taylor and Lucina Wilson, of East Angus, Québec.

He served in Québec, in Newfoundland with Force W, in New Brunswick, in Hong Kong with Force C, and in Japan as prisoner of war. He had 1,254 days of service, including 787 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 219 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Sec. B. B. 8.

Location:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY is 9 kilometres west of the city on Yuenchi-Dori, Hodogaya Ward, which branches left off the old Tokkaido highway. The nearest railway station is Hodogaya, 5 kilometres to the north on the JNR line but the cemetery is easily reached by bus from Yokohama station.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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