Taylor family members who served in World War 1

Taylor family members who served in the Great War

Gunner William Henry Taylor of the Royal Horse Artillery, killed in action, aged 32, in Belgium in October 1917

Eight members of the family lost their lives while serving in the armed forces and a further eleven saw active service in World War 1.

The dates shown are often birth or baptism dates from our database, not necessarily those shown on service records, and parishes shown are parish of birth, where known, not the parish in which individuals were living when they joined up.

Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc

• Alfred George Taylor (1890-1919) Husband of Edith Esther, nee Brown, Driver RASC, died 1919, Roll of Honour does not explain underlying cause of death
• Arthur Stoneleigh Taylor (1889-1919) son of Francis Hermon Tayler and Esther Ann, nee Stoneleigh, Assistant Steward, Mercantile Marine Reserve, HM Yacht Iolaire, lost when ship sank
• Charles Vindon Taylor (1887-1916) (St L) son of William John and Charlotte, CSM Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action
• Coutart de Butts Taylor MM (1839-1918) son of Haydon Aldersey Taylor and husband of Lilian Florence Blunden Taylor, nee McEnnery of Jersey, married in Jersey in 1901 and settled there with his wife, Captain, Royal Irish Rifles, died six weeks after Armistice Full biography
• Lilian Florence Blunden, widow of above, Matron, British Red Cross
• Frederick James Taylor (1897-1916) son of Frederick Charles and Ellen Sanders, Bombardier RFA, died of wounds
• Thomas Taylor ( -1915) (St P), Sergeant, Northumberland Fusiliers, no other information available, not in official Roll of Honour
• William Henry Taylor (1885-1917) son of Alfred John Taylor and Mary Elizabeth, nee Le Huray, born in England while parents were visiting his uncle, Gunner RHA and RFA, killed in action
• William John Taylor (1883-1915) (St H) son of John and Margaret Noel, Gunner RFA, died, buried in Dorset, no further details available
• Christopher Taylor (1889- )(Birmingham) ex-Militia, Ordinary Seaman RN, HMS Colleen
• Edward Charles Taylor (1890- ) (St H) son of Alfred John and Mary Elizabeth Le Huray, Rifleman, KRRC
• Eric Eyre Sullivan Taylor MC OV, Captain, Sherwood Foresters, wounded
• Ernest Edward Taylor probably (1886- ) (St H) son of Charles and Deliah, Private, Wiltshire Regiment
• Frederick James Allez Taylor (1891- ) Private, Somerset Light Infantry
• George A Taylor (St H), Private, Machine Gun Corps
• George Henry Taylor (St H), MM, Sergeant, Labour Corps Presentation to Sergeant Taylor at the Town Hall
• James Le Breton Taylor (St S), Private, Canadian Grenadier Guards, wounded
• Peter Hamon Taylor (1879-1960) (St H) son of Peter Francis and Elizabeth Hamon, Private RAF
• Reginald William Taylor (St H), Private, Cavalry Regiment