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Military service
Service number:
E/29853
Age:
24
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
November 22, 1919
Sawyerville
Enlistment:
July 18, 1940
Death:
December 23, 1943
Niigata-Rinko 5B Camp Hospital, Japan
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. B. B. 8.
Additional information
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.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 219 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY Japan
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.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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