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Henry TAYLOR

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Surname: TAYLOR

Forename(s): Henry

Place of Birth: Bentham, Yorkshire

Service No: 18368

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion

Division: 23rd Division

Age: 20

Date of Death: 1916-07-05

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 6 A and 6 B.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: HIGH BENTHAM, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Henry Taylor was the son of Duckett and Margaret Kendal Taylor, née Lawson. Duckett was born at Accrington, Lancashire and Margaret at Gayle, Yorkshire.

1901 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Streakber Farm - Henry Taylor, aged 5 years, born Bentham. [Henry and his parents were living with his father's uncle and aunt, Richard and Mary Taylor, who were brother and sister.]

1911 Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: Stubbing Hill Farm - Henry Taylor, aged 15 years, born Bentham, Yorkshire, son of Duckett and Margaret Kendal Taylor.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Henry Taylor, 18368, West Riding Regiment.

A short biography of Henry is included in: ‘Bentham’s Part in the Great War 1914-18’ by Allan and Marilyn Hartley (2019).

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:

TAYLOR, Henry, aged 19, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, eldest son of Mr. Duckett Taylor, [Bentham], killed in action in France July 6, 1916.

TAYLOR, 10th West Riding Regiment, son of Mrs. Taylor, Sutton Lodge, killed in action, France, July 5.

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Private Henry TAYLOR

Private Henry TAYLOR

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division

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Surname: TAYLOR

Forename(s): Henry

Born: Bentham, Lancs

Residence: Sutton-in-Craven, Yorks

Enlisted: Keighley, Yorks

Number: 18368

Rank: Private

Regiment: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion: 10th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 05/07/16

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

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Surname: TAYLOR

Forename(s): Henry

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 18368

Rank: Private

Regiment: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Unit: 10th Bn.

Age: 20

Awards:

Died Date: 05/07/1916

Additional Information: Son of Margaret K. Taylor, of "Oaklands," Sutton-in-Craven, Keighley, and the late Duckett Taylor.

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BRITISH BATTALIONS ON THE SOMME, by Ray Westlake (Pen & Sword Books Limited 1994)

10th (Service) Bn. Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Attack on Horseshoe Trench (5/7) – Official History of The Great War records advance over the open soon after 6 p.m. With 8th and 9th Green Howards cleared both Horseshoe Trench and Lincoln Redoubt at its western end.

[Henry Taylor was killed in action on the 5th July 1916.]

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The High & Low Bentham men who gave their lives

The High & Low Bentham men who gave their lives

Top row (l-r): Rfn Ernest Knight Newhouse, Pte John Thornber, Reverend Theodore Bayley Hardy, Pte Richard Wilson, Pte Maurice Richard Bolton, Lieut John Barclay Clibborn, Pte William Throup, Pte Richard Wilcock Carr, A/Cpl William Robinson, Pte James Auton, Pte William Savage. Third row (l-r): L/Cpl David Percival Dixon, Pte John Emmott, Pte Francis Richard Townson, Pte John Adamthwaite, Pte Robert Carter, L/Cpl John Hutchinson, Pte Alfred Edward Gunn, Pte Ezra Stephenson, Pte Edwin Rawlinson Smith, Pte Richard Wearing, Lieut Basil William Ramsbotton. Third row (l-r): Spr Robert Clark, Act L/Cpl Thomas Wilcock, Cpl William Carr, Pte Lawrence Lancelot Dowbiggin, Pte Edward Magoolagan, Pte Isaac Rucastle, Pte Henry Taylor, Cpl Edward Ramskill, L/Cpl Edward Walton Briscoe, Pte Joseph Jackson, Gnr Ernest Wilcock. Fourth row (l-r): Capt Donald Morrison, Sgt Arthur Dean Blackburn, Pte James William Bell, Pte Leonard Nelson, L/Cpl John Edward Leeming, L/Cpl Albert Lister, Pte Percy Preston Whitfield, Cpl Tom Harry Smith, Cpl Thomas Walker Sanderson, Sgt William Patrick Tobin, Pte (Signaller) W. Wilkinson.

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21 July 1916

TAYLOR – July 6th, killed in action, Pte. Henry Taylor, of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, eldest son of Mr. Duckett Taylor, Bentham, aged 20 years.

21 July 1916

SUTTON SOLDIER MAKES THE GREAT SACRIFICE

Mrs. Taylor of Sutton Lodge had an official communication from the War Office on Thursday week informing her that her son, Pte. Henry Taylor, had been killed in the fighting in France on the 6th July. Pte. Taylor, who was one of Lord Derby’s men, was called to the Colours in January last, and after about four months’ training went with his battalion across the Channel. He was at the time of his enlistment engaged as a wool sorter at the mills of Messrs. T. and M. Bairstow, and was 20 years of age. He was a young man of a very pleasant disposition, and was very popular in the village.

21 July 1916

ANOTHER BENTHAM SOLDIER KILLED

Still another Bentham boy has made the great sacrifice for his country, making the third this week. His name is Private Henry Taylor, of the Duke of Wellington’s. He was the eldest son of Mr. Duckett Taylor, and was born at Streakber Farm, Bentham, which his father tenanted from the late Thomas Wilcock. He was shot on the 6th July last, and he was in his 20th year.

28 July 1916

TAYLOR – July 5, killed in action in France, Private Henry Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, The Lodge, Sutton, aged 20 years.

28 July 1916

SUTTON – PRIVATE HENRY TAYLOR KILLED

Mrs. Taylor, of Sutton Lodge, has received a letter from Company Quartermaster Frank Stephenson as follows:–“I am very sorry to inform you that your son, Private Taylor, was killed in action on the 5th inst. If it is any consolation to you, I might say that your son was killed whilst heroically attacking the German trenches, and his regiment covered itself with glory. Although he was not in my Company, coming from the same district, and knowing him personally, I though it best to write you, as it might be a few weeks before you are officially notified through the War Office. Wishing you all sympathy in your sudden and sad bereavement, Yours truly, (signed) C.Q.M. Stephenson, A. Company, 10th West Riding Regiment.”

13 October 1916

SUTTON – THE ROLL OF HONOUR

Writing in the Parish Magazine on the war, the Vicar of Sutton (Rev. A.R. Light) gives a list of men from the Parish of Sutton, who have fallen in defence of their country as follows:–Arnold Healey, Walter Haggas, Lyall Taylor, Edmund Wilkinson, Norman Riley, Nelson W. Petty, Richard Whitehall, Albert Wm. Tune, Frederick W. Thompson, Henry Taylor, Joseph G. Bancroft, Cedric Fawcett Horsfall.
Mr. Light also says: “I have not in the Magazine mentioned by name those from this place who have given their lives for their country, not because I have forgotten such promising young men as Henry Taylor, and others whose names hang in the Church porch, and, indeed, as I write this, I fear lest it may even be dimly thought that one may seem to be valued more than another. All who are fighting are equally dear to God, and it is also true to say that both rich and poor are giving their best, offering on an altar watered with tears those whose lives are so much to them. All those boys who formed our first patrol of Scouts have almost gone to the front, and only last week we heard of Reginald Ellison being wounded, but we hope his life will yet be spared.

To every mother whose heart aches with anxiety or for actual loss, I offer most true sympathy, whether such are connected with us in the worship of Sutton Church or not, and one cannot help feeling in such times as these that religious differences are not, and cannot be again, as great and as dividing as they have seemed in the past, and that all are one family of God. May each one of these, who will never enter into our lives here again, rest in peace.”

29 June 1917

TAYLOR – In loving memory of Pte. Henry Taylor, 10th West Riding Regiment, who fell in action July 5th 1916.

Though land and sea divide the place
Where he is calmly sleeping,
Yet in our hearts he’s not forgot,
Though in our Saviour’s keeping.

Hannah.

TAYLOR – In loving remembrance of our dear son and brother, Pte. Henry Taylor, 10th West Riding Regiment, who was killed in action in France July 5th 1916, aged 20 years.

Sleep on, dear son, in a soldier’s grave,
Your life for your country you nobly gave;
No loved ones near you to say good-bye,
But in God’s keeping now safe you lie.

Ever remembered by his Father, Mother, Brothers, and dear little Percy.

05 July 1918

TAYLOR – In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private Henry Taylor, of the 10th West Riding Regiment, who was killed in action on the Somme, July 5th, 1916, aged 20 years.

“We have lost, Heaven has gained.”

From Father, Mother, Brothers and dear little Percy, Sutton House, Sutton-in-Craven.

TAYLOR – In loving memory of Private Henry Taylor, 10th West Riding Regiment, who fell in action July 5th, 1916.

“On earth there’s strife; in Heaven rest.”

Hannah.

04 July 1919

TAYLOR – In loving memory of Private Henry Taylor, 10th West Riding Regiment, who fell in action July 5th, 1916.

One of the noblest, one of the best.

Hannah.

TAYLOR – In loving memory of our dearly loved son and brother, Private Henry Taylor, 10th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who fell in action on the Somme, July 5th, 1916, aged 20 years.

He has gone from us, and he will never return,
To his voice we shall listen no more;
But the love that he bore shall dwell in our breast,
Till we meet him again in the realms of the blest.

Ever remembered by Father and Mother, Richard, George and little Percy, Oaklands, Sutton-in-Craven.

02 July 1920

TAYLOR – In loving memory of our dearly loved son and brother, Pte. Henry Taylor, 10th Duke of Wellington’s Regt., who fell in action on the Somme, July 5th, 1916, aged 20 years.

Not gone from memory,
Not gone from love,
But gone to our Father’s home above.

R.I.P.

Ever remembered by Father, Mother, Richard, George and little Percy, Oaklands, Sutton-in-Craven.

TAYLOR – In loving memory of Pte. H. Taylor, 10th W.R.R., who fell in action July 5th, 1916.

Hannah.

01 July 1921

TAYLOR – In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Pte. Henry Taylor, killed July 5th, 1916.

Time passes, but loving memories still remain.

From father, mother, brothers, and Percy, Oaklands, Sutton-in-Craven.

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14 July 1916

SUTTON SOLDIER KILLED

News has been received by Mrs. Taylor of The Lodge, Sutton, that her son, Pte. Henry Taylor, of the 10th Duke of Wellington’s, has been killed in action in France. Pte. Henry Taylor enlisted five months ago, and he had been in France about one month. The news was conveyed to Mrs. Taylor in a letter from Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Stephenson. Previous to enlisting Pte. Taylor was employed as a wool sorter at Messrs. T. and M. Bairstow’s Sutton Mill.

21 July 1916

TAYLOR – In France, Private H. Taylor, of the 10th Duke of Wellington’s, son of Mrs. Taylor, of The Lodge, Sutton.

21 July 1916

TAYLOR – July 6th, in action in France, Private Henry Taylor, of Bentham, in his 20th year.

21 July 1916

A SUTTON SOLDIER KILLED

Much regret is felt in the district at the death of Private Henry Taylor of the 10th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, which took place on the 10th inst. while taking part in the great offensive. Private Taylor joined the forces in January last. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, of The Lodge, Sutton. The family came to the district several years ago from Bentham, to the Stubbin Hill Farm. Private Taylor, prior to joining the forces, was apprenticed to the trade of wool sorter at the firm of Messrs. T. and M. Bairstow, where he was very highly respected by his fellow workers. He was a member of St. Thomas’s Church, and bore a very good name amongst all his associates. Much sympathy is felt for the family in their great loss.

21 July 1916

BENTHAM’S ROLL OF HONOUR

The news reached Bentham on Thursday of last week from the Front that Lance-Corporal Joe Jackson had been killed on the 5th. It was contained in a letter from Pte. R. Wearing, another Bentham lad, to Mrs. Jackson, as follows:– “Just a few lines to let you know that poor Joe has been killed. I was up at the Company this morning and his Platoon Sergeant told me about him. I was so sorry because there was only Joe and Reuben Wilcock and me from Bentham. Wilcock has been wounded too. . . . I was talking to him the night before he was killed and he was in the best of health, and said he would come down to see me when he came out of the trenches. It is terrible where our lads are in the trenches for shellfire.”

The deceased soldier was one of three pals who left their looms on September 5th 1914, and went to Lancaster to join the Seaforth Highlanders. They travelled to the North of Scotland for that purpose, only to find the regiment closed to all but Scots. Not to be outdone they came back to Lancaster and joined the 7th King’s Own. All three were members of the Bentham Cricket team, and of St. Margaret’s Football Club, in the Craven League. This is the sixth Bentham youth to lay down his life in his Country’s cause. Lance Corporal Jackson was the youngest son of Mr. Matthew Jackson of Main Street, Bentham, who has another son in the Army.

Official news was received on Monday morning by Mr. and Mrs. Lister, of Low Bentham, from the Canadian Record Office that their eldest son, Lance-Corp. Albert Lister, of the 7th Battalion Canadians, who was previously reported missing, was killed on June 3rd. He was an old scholar of the Bentham Parochial School, and prior to emigrating to Canada in March 1912, he was well known in the district as a capital playing member of both the Low Bentham Cricket Club and the Bentham Wanderers Football Club, and in consequence his services were greatly missed. He returned to England about a year ago, and after being stationed at Shorncliffe Camp for nine weeks he left for France.

Last week, Mrs. Edw. Wilcock, of Low Bentham, received word from her sixth son, Drummer R. Wilcock, of the 7th King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, that he had been slightly wounded in the calf of his leg, but he was progressing favourably. Further word to hand on Saturday stated that he had returned to the trenches.

Another Bentham boy in the person of Pte. Henry Taylor, eldest son of Mr. Duckett Taylor, of the Duke of Wellington’s, was killed on July 6th last. He was in his 20th year.

10 November 1916

SUTTON – MEMORIAL SERVICE AND CHURCH PARADE

On Sunday morning a memorial service to those who had fallen during the war from Sutton parish was held in St. Thomas’s Church, conducted by Rev. A.R. Light (vicar). About 60 members of the local Volunteer Corps were present, having met in the Friendly Societies’ Hall yard, under the leadership of Commander Clough. Special lessons were read and special psalms were sung. ‘O rest in the Lord’ was given on the organ by Mr. A.E. Foulds. The Vicar asked the congregation to offer prayers for the souls of those who had fallen. The following names were read out:– Privates Arnold Healey, F.W. Thompson, Walter Haggas, J.G. Bancroft, Evelyn Fisher, Tom Summerskill, Norman Riley, Henry Taylor, Lyall Taylor, R. Whitehall, E. Wilkinson, A.W. Tune, Lieut. Nelson Petty, and Capt. C.F. Horsfall.

The text from which the very sympathetic discourse was preached was 2nd Samuel, 1., 26, David’s lamentation over the death of his friend Jonathan. At the close of the very impressive service Chopin’s ‘Funeral March’ was given on the organ. At the close of the evening service, which was again conducted by the Vicar, the ‘Dead March’ in ‘Saul’ was played, and the National Anthem sung.

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