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James Taylor

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Portrait of Private James Taylor. Imperial War Museum Bond of Sacrifice Collection, Image HU 118911. Image subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Private James Taylor. Imperial War Museum Bond of Sacrifice Collection, Image HU 118911. …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James AWMM
  • Surname
    Taylor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    James Taylor AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 14166 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 February 1889 AWMM Firth, Orkney Islands AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Magdalane Taylor (mother), South Public School, Eday, Orkney Islands, Scotland AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Battle of Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 14166 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 8 March 1916 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Only son of Magdaleen Taylor of The Schoolhouse, Shapansey, Orkney, Scotland and the late James Taylor. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    6 May 1917 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Messines, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Maple Leaf Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM K 16 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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19 February 2023WNew ZealandResearcher

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