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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

William John Taylor

In memory of:

Sergeant William John Taylor

May 19, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

157067

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Army Medical Corps

Division:

9th Can. Stat. Hosp.

Additional Information


Born:

March 9, 1888

Son of Mrs. M. A. Taylor, of 82, Dynevor Rd., Fairbank, Toronto.

Commemorated on Page 511 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

LXVIII. C. 34.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram May 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram June 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Press Clipping
  • War Diary– The entry for the air raid on the No. 9 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Etaples, May 19, 1918, which killed Sgt. Taylor and Sgt. Horace MacMillan.

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