Samuel Stanley Taylor
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Lance Corporal 45177
Parents: Samuel and Florence Taylor
Home address: 1 Verries Bank, Blackhorse Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Schoolboy
Date of birth: 1899
Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol
Date of death: 03/09/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Arneke British Cemetery, Nord, France and commemorated on Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial
Age: 19
Further information:
Samuel known as Stanley was born and raised in Kingswood, the son of a miner and the eldest of five children with two sisters and two brothers.
Stanley served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Stanley died of wounds sustained a month into fighting in The Hundred Days Offensive of 1918. This engagement resulted in a decisive allied victory and led to the end of the First World War. However, the number of allied casualties was an astounding 1,070,000. The cemetery where Stanley is buried was used by the 62nd Casualty Clearing Station between July and September of 1918.
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/