Percy William Taylor
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 18639
Parents: Alfred and Sarah Annie Taylor
Marital status: Married
Home address: 28 Albany Street, Two Mile Hill, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Salesman
Date of birth: 1891
Place of birth: Yate, Bristol
Date of death: 12/04/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, near Bethune Pas de Calais, France and commemorated on Holy Trinity War Memorial
Age: 25
Further information:
Percy was born in Yate, the son of a bootmaker and the second eldest of ten children with six brothers and three sisters. He married Martha Thompson towards the end of 1912 and together they had several children.
Percy served with the 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment who were mobilised to France in November of 1915 and took part in the Battles of the Somme in 1916. Percy's Regiment were later attached to the Canadian Corps and Percy died from wounds on the fourth day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge which was one of the Battles of Arras. It was a victory for the allies with a cost of 10,600 allied casualties. The cemetery where Percy is buried was used for burials by the 6th Casualty Clearing Station.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/