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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