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Military service
Service number:
101041
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
March 26, 1885
Death:
September 5, 1916
Burial/memorial information
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Son of the late John William and Annie Mary Taylor, of The Bell Foundry, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. B.Sc. (London).
Brother of Second Lieutenant Gerard Bardsley Taylor, and Second Lieutenant Arnold Bradley Taylor, both died while serving with the Leicestershire Regiment.
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private John William Taylor
Digital gallery of
Private John William Taylor
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 171 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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