Son of Mr Albert W & Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Taylor
Aged 18 years
Died 13th April 1918
Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial
Panel 1 & 2.
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| Born and resided at Rushden, enlisted at Kettering. Brother of Walter and Harold. |
Rushden Echo, June 14th, 1918, transcribed by Greville Watson
Rushden’s Casualty List - Men Killed, Wounded, and Gassed
Mr and Mrs Albert W. Taylor, of 49, Sartoris-road, Rushden, Northants, will be glad of any definite information concerning their son, 25264, Pte. Percy Taylor, of the Royal West Surrey Regiment, about whom they have received official news that he has been missing since April 13th. The last letter they received from him was dated April 9th. Pte. Taylor joined His Majesty’s Forces in October, 1916, and went to France in November last year. He was formerly employed at the C.W.S. Boot Works, Rushden. Mr and Mrs Taylor have lost two other sons in the war, viz., the late Pte. Harold Taylor (Northants Regiment), who was killed on August 5th, 1917, and the late Gunner Walter Charles Taylor, R.F.A., who was killed in action in September last year. One other son, Gunner William Taylor, R.F.A., is in hospital at Stoke-on-Trent, suffering severely from trench fever.
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