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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Brading St Mary the Virgin Churchyard -
- Harold Taylor -

Location

In St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Brading, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Standard CWGC headstone. WW I period.
Headstone

Brading St Mary : Taylor
 
Inscription


2258 RIFLEMAN
H TAYLOR
8TH BN HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT
9TH MARCH 1915
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Further Information

Harold Taylor was the son of Henry Taylor and Fanny Taylor (née Wright) of Brading.

Born : 1899, Brading.

Census Information :

1901 : Henry and Fanny Taylor, with some of their children, including Harold aged 2, are at High Street, Brading. Henry Taylor is a Worker (on the line)(Labourer).

1911 : Henry and Fanny Taylor, with some of their children, including Harold aged 12, are at 1 Leigh Richmond Terrace, Cross Street, Brading. Henry Taylor is a Labourer.

Service details :

Rifleman 2258 Harold Taylor, 1/8th Bn., Hampshire Regiment (Isle of Wight Rifles).

CWGC record ...

Documents and newspaper cuttings :

Isle of Wight County Press

13th March 1915

DEATHS
TAYLOR - Mar. 9, at the Military Hospital, Parkhurst, Harold, youngest son of --- Taylor, of Lucerne, Brading, aged 16 years.

 
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Page last updated : 27 November 2013 (added biographical information)


 
 

 
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