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William Edward Taylor

In memory of:

Private William Edward Taylor

October 30, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

133096

Age:

18

Force:

Army

Unit:

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)

Division:

P.P.C.L.I.

Additional Information

Born:

November 4, 1896

Son of John Whyte Taylor and Katherine Gillies Taylor, of Scotstown, P.Q., Canada.

Commemorated on Page 337 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

TYNE COT CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

LXII. B. 13.

Location:

Tyne Cot Cemetery is located 9 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The cemetery itself lies 700 meters along the Tynecotstraat on the right hand side of the road. Tyne Cot or Tyne Cottage was the name given by the Northumberland Fusiliers to a barn which stood near the level crossing on the Passchendaele-Broodseinde road. Three of these blockhouses still stand in the cemetery; the largest, which was captured on 4 October 1917 by the 3rd Australian Division, was chosen as the site for the Cross of Sacrifice by King George V during his pilgrimage to the cemeteries of the Western Front in Belgium and France in 1922. The Tyne Cot Cemetery is now the resting-place of nearly 12,000 soldiers of the Commonwealth Forces, the largest number of burials of any Commonwealth cemetery of either world war.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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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. Source Library and Archives Canada. Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)

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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. Source Library and Archives Canada. Attestation Paper (Source Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War)
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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. Source Library and Archives Canada

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    Attestation Papers
    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. Source Library and Archives Canada
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