William Benjamin Taylor
Service Number
80450
Military Unit
1st Reserve Bde Royal Field Artillery
Date of birth
Unknown
Date of Death
11 Mar 1915 (18 Years Old)
Place of Birth
Retford Nottinghamshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was a farm servant.
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
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Family History
William Benjamin Taylor was the son of George and Rose Taylor. The family later moved to Lunns Cottage Lea Road Gainsborough.
Military History
William was attested on 15th Feb 1915 and joined 5 Bty reserves 4 days later. About a month later on the 6th March, he fell ill and was taken to hospital at Newcastle on Tyne and a few days later at 2.30 on the 11th March he had died of double pneumonia. William Taylor's effects were dispatched to George Taylor at Firbeck Rotherham on 9 Sept 1915.
Extra Information
William Taylor was buried at the Firbeck churchyard Grave Reference: Research by Colin Dannatt
