South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Aire Communal Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Other Medals | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| After 1 Jan 1916 | South Africa Medal + 6 Clasps | Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Mobilised | |
| Battle of the Lys | 5 Aug 1914 at Warwick | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Other War Memorials |
| Highland Casualty Clearing Station, Aire | 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment | |
Circumstances of Death
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Thomas is listed as dying of wounds on 1 May 1918. The 14th Battalion War diary for the 30th April 1918 is transcribed below and is self explanatory. Nieppe Forest 30/4/1918: The same [as previous day]. At 7pm a shell fell into a building at Battalion HQ wounding RSM Taylor. Fortunately no one else was injured. Bn HQ moved across the road into a cellar. A Sergt and a Private has been killed and 3 others wounded. The weather up to now has been fine. A lot of work has been done on the trenches and wire. There is little shelling of the front line. END RSM Taylor died of the wounds caused by the shell the following day in the Highland Casualty Clearing Station at Aire. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Jul Qtr 1872 in Stratford on Avon | 2 Sep 1872 at Stratford on Avon, Holy Trinity |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Thomas and Anne Taylor | Warwick |
| Wife and Marriage Details | Children |
| Annie Taylor nee Crathern | Majorie born 30 Jun 1914 |
| Oct Qtr 1911 at Warwick | |
| Schools | Colleges |
| Westgate Boys School | ~ |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1872 - Stratford on Avon | 1881 - Scholar |
| 1881 - 40 Brook Street, Warwick | 1891 - Wood Carver |
| 1891 - 40 Brook Street, Warwick | 1898 - Soldier in Royal Warwickshire Regt |
| 1901 - South Africa - Boer War | 1901 - Soldier in Royal Warwickshire Regt |
| 1911 - Budbrooke Barracks, Warwick | 1911 - Colour Sergeant in Royal Warwickshire Regt |
| 1918 - 6 High Street, Warwick | |
- Served in South Africa in 1901 and won the Queens South Africa Medal + 6 Clasps for action at Belmont, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill,
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