Hugh Noble Taylor
Memorial: Chipping Sodbury Town Cross - Broad Street
Regiment: Herefordshire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Lance Corporal 235389
Parents: John and Harriet Maria Taylor
Home address: Yate Lawn Cottage, Yate, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Labourer
Date of birth: 1895
Place of birth: Chipping Sodbury, Bristol
Date of death: 06/11/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Beersheba War Cemetery (Ref. E. 60.), Beersheba, Israel
Age: 22
Further information:
1st/1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment, British Army
Hugh Noble Taylor was the son of John and Harriet Maria Taylor of Yate Lawn Cottage, Yate, Bristol. He was brother to Robert, Mildred and Wilfred. His father was a gardener who had been born in Wiltshire
Hugh had been living with his Uncle in 1911 in Chippenham. Hugh enlisted in Ross on Wye and joined the 1st Battalion of the Herefordshire Regiment. He was killed in action in Egypt and is buried in the Beersheba War Cemetery, Beersheba, Israel. Ref: E. 60. Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Hugh Noble was 22 years old when he died
Hugh Noble Taylor is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Yate
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC