Taylor, George (840370)
Age: 27
Date of birth: 1892
Parents: Thomas and Kate Taylor
Wife: Catherine Taylor (nee Warwick)
Address: 50 Woodhouse Street
Occupation: Gardener in a nursery
George was born in Warwick in 1892, to Thomas and Kate Taylor.
At the time of the 1901 census, his siblings were Rynah (12), John (11), Thomas (6), Gladys (4) and William Henry (8 months). The family were living at 70 Saltisford, Warwick and Thomas Snr was employed as a journeyman baker.
By the 1911 census the family had moved to 5 Victoria Terrace, Saltisford and there was a fifth son, Frank, aged 6. Thomas Snr was employed as a baker in a Baker and Confectioners shop, Rynah was an assistant in a florists shop, John was a clerk in a cycle dealers, George was employed as a gardener in a nursery and Thomas was an assistant in a stationer’s shop.
George Taylor on his wedding day in March 1915 – to his bride Catherine Warwick:
Warwick Advertiser – 1919:
Driver GEORGE TAYLOR RFA died 15th January 1919 from broncho-pneumonia in Cologne aged 27 years. 50 Woodhouse Street, Warwick. Mourned by Wife and child
Military Service
Rank & Number: Driver, 840370
Regiment/Service: 9th Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery
Brigade/Division:
Date of death: Wednesday, January 15, 1919
Cause of death/Battle: Died of pneumonia in Cologne Hospital
Commemorated/Buried: Cologne Southern Cemetery, Nordhein, Westfall, Germany
Awards: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated locally at: St Pauls Church
Warwick Advertiser 23rd December 1916
George’s wife sent in his Shrine Application. He is buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery:
Contributors
- Unlocking Warwick Research Group
- Photographs by kind permission of Ann D Hyslop – grand daughter
- Warwick Advertiser excerpt and Shrine Application courtesy of Warwickshire County Record Office
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