Bracewell TAYLOR

Main CPGW Record

Surname: TAYLOR

Forename(s): Bracewell

Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire

Service No: 10978

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Army Medical Corps

Battalion / Unit: 18th Stationary Hospital

Division: ---

Age: 25

Date of Death: 1915-09-13

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. C. 250.

CWGC Cemetery: PORTIANOS MILITARY CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Bracewell Taylor was the son of Robert Brooks and Jane Taylor, née Robinson. Robert was born at Settle and Jane at Barnoldswick, Yorkshire.

1891 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 40, Westgate - Bracewell Taylor, aged 7 months, born Barnoldswick, son of Robert B. and Jane Taylor.

1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 40, Westgate - Bracewell Taylor, aged 10 years, born Barnoldswick, son of Robert B. and Jane Taylor.

1911 Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire Census: 30, Victoria Street - Bracewill [sic] Taylor, aged 20 years, born Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, son of Robert Brooks and Jane Taylor.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Bracewell Taylor, 10978, Royal Army Medical Corps. Theatre of War first served in: (2B) Balkans. Date of entry therein: 17 August 1915.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Bracewell Taylor, 10978, R.A.M.C. Date and Place of Death: 13.9.15 Con. Hos. Mudros. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Robert B. £8 9s. 3d.

Bracewell is commemorated on the Clayton-le-Moors War Memorial.

A short biography of Bracewell is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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