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Surname: TAYLOR
Forename(s): Michael
Place of Birth: Burnley, Lancashire
Service No: 18527
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion
Division: 23rd Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1917-09-20
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 82 to 85.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Michael Taylor was the son of John and Ann Taylor, née Grimshaw. John was born at Brierfield and Ann at Burnley, Lancashire.
1901 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 201, Brierfield Road - Michael Taylor, aged 6 years, born Burnley. [Michael and his parents, John and Ann, were living with her brother, Joseph and mother, Jane E. Grimshaw.]
1911 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 34, Thorn Street - Michell [sic] Taylor, aged 16 years, born Burnley, son of John and Anne Taylor.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Michael Taylor, 18527, West Riding Regiment.
Michael was killed in action during the Battles of Ypres, 1917, 31 July-10 November, at the Battle of the Menin Road, 20-25 September.
A short biography of Michael is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
TAYLOR, Michael, aged 22 years, West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor, 239, Gisburn Road, [Barnoldswick], killed in action Sept. 20, 1917.
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Private Michael TAYLOR
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division
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08 September 1916
BARNOLDSWICK CASUALTIES
Two more Barnoldswick soldiers belonging to the Duke of Wellington’s, Private Michael Taylor, Edith Street, and Private Alfred Taylor, Co-operative Street, were reported slightly wounded about a month ago, but have both now returned to the firing line.
12 October 1917
TAYLOR – September 20th 1917, killed in action on the Western Front, Private Michael Taylor, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, 239, Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick, aged 22 years.
12 October 1917
BARNOLDSWICK – PRIVATE MICHAEL TAYLOR KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, 239, Gisburn Road, have received news of the death of their son, Pte. Michael Taylor, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was killed in action on the 20th ult. He was 22 years of age and had been in France a year and seven months. He was home on leave six weeks ago. Before joining up he was a weaver at Bankfield Shed (Bradley Bros.). Two of his brothers are serving, one of whom is in France. The news of Pte. Taylor’s death came in a letter from a Barnoldswick comrade (Pte. H. Reid) in the same battalion, who wrote stating that two of his pals were killed on the same date while attacking a strong enemy position.
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08 September 1916
BARNOLDSWICK CASUALTIES
Two more Barnoldswick soldiers belonging to the West Riding Regiment, Private Michael Taylor, Edith Street, and Private Alfred Taylor, Co-operative Street, were reported slightly wounded about a month ago. They have both now returned to the firing line.
12 October 1917
TAYLOR – Killed in action, Sept. 20th, Pte. Mitchell Taylor, of the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor, of 239, Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick, aged 22.
12 October 1917
BARNOLDSWICK
Mr. and Mrs John Taylor, 239, Gisburn Road, have received news of the death of their son, Pte. Michael Taylor, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, who was killed in action on the 20th ult. He was 22 years of age and had been in France a year and seven months. He was home on leave six weeks ago. Before joining up he was a weaver at Bankfield Shed (Bradley Bros.) Two of his brothers are serving, one of whom is in France. The news of Pte. Taylor’s death came in a letter from a Barnoldswick comrade (Pte. H. Reid) in the same battalion who wrote stating that two of his pals were killed on the same date while attacking a strong enemy position.
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