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Military service
Service number:
133096
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Division:
P.P.C.L.I.
Birth:
November 4, 1896
Death:
October 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
LXII. B. 13.
Additional information
Son of John Whyte Taylor and Katherine Gillies Taylor, of Scotstown, P.Q., Canada.
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Attestation Papers
William Edward Taylor signed two Attestation Papers. The first was on August 31, 1915 at Valcartier, Quebec, giving his date of birth as November 4, 1896 and occupation as student. He served for 6 months with the 57th Battalion and then 4 months with the 73rd Battalion. He signed the second Attestation paper in Montreal on January 16, 1917 giving his date of birth as November 4, 1898 and occupation as lumberman.<P> Source Library and Archives Canada. Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War) -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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Attestation Papers
William Edward Taylor signed two Attestation Papers. The first was on August 31, 1915 at Valcartier, Quebec, giving his date of birth as November 4, 1896 and occupation as student. He served for 6 months with the 57th Battalion and then 4 months with the 73rd Battalion. He signed the second Attestation paper in Montreal on January 16, 1917 giving his date of birth as November 4, 1898 and occupation as lumberman.<P> Source Library and Archives Canada -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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Cemetery
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Gravemarker
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Private William Edward Taylor
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Private William Edward Taylor
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 337 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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