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Lance Corporal

Herbert Taylor

Service Number 305888
Military Unit 1/8th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 04 Aug 1917 (24 Years Old)
Place of Birth Balderton
Employment, Education or Hobbies assistant in a gents outfitters
Family History

Herbert Taylor was born in 1893 at Balderton and was the son of Mary Ann Mortimer Taylor of 1 Eldon Place, Newark .

Military History

Lance Corporal Herbert Taylor enlisted at Newark and served with the 1/8th battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment. He was killed in action on 4th August 1917 and having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

Extra Information

Article published 14th August 1918 in the Newark Herald :- Resided with mother at 1 Eldon Place, Newark and grandson of the late Mr James Taylor, formerly of Norwell Woodhouse. He joined the 8th Sherwood Foresters in October 1914 and after 18 months home defence, volunteered for foreign service, proceeding to France in June 1916. He saw just over a year of active service and was looking forward to leave when posted missing on August 4th, 1917. Declared dead in August 1918. Prior to the war he was employed at Mr Tryner Lynn, Stodman Street.

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