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Private

Samuel Taylor

Service number S/13037
Military unit 9th Bn Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
Address Nottingham
Date of birth
Date of death 14 May 1917 (21 years old)
Place of birth Spring Close Lenton Nottingham
Employment, education or hobbies

In 1911 he was a shop assistant at a grocers

Family history

Samuel Taylor was born in 1896 at Lenton, Nottingham, he was the son of Fanny Taylor born 1868 at Leicester.

In 1911 they were living with Fanny's widowed father William Walker 68 yrs a box cutter, at 5 Friar Street Old Church Street Lenton Nottingham with his family William Walker 27 yrs a box cutterand FannyTaylor 44 yrs a charwoman and grandson Samuel Taylor 15 yrs a shop assistant and a further grandson Jess Kigder 20 yrs a footman.

Military history

Rifleman Samuel Taylor enlisted at Nottingham, he served with the 9th battalion The Rifle Brigade, he died of ounds on 14th May 1917 he is buried at Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension Hainaut Belgium Grave Reference: 5 C 15

Extra information

additional research and infomation Peter Gillings

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