The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private P E Taylor

Private Percy Edward TAYLOR, G/18525, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 14th June 1917.

Born Iwade, Kent, son of Abraham & *Mary Ann Taylor, School Lane, Iwade, Kent. *died November 1902.

14th July 1898, Iwade, Kent, baptism of Percy Edward Taylor, son of Abraham & Mary Ann Taylor.

1911 Census - 1 School Lane, Iwade, Kent - Abraham Taylor, head, age 56, widower, 11 children, 7 still alive, Farmhouse Labourer, worker, born Cranvrook; Frances Elizabeth Taylor, daughter, age 23, single, born Iwade; George Thomas Taylor, son, age 22, single, Farm Yard Man, worker, born Iwade; Flossie Taylor, daughter, age 15, single, born Iwade; Percy Edward Taylor, son, age 13, Farmhouse Boy, worker, born Iwade; Frederick Arthur Taylor, son, age 9, school, born Iwade.

Enlisted Canterbury, Kent, age 19 years & 55 days, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 128lbs. Resided School Lane, Iwade, Kent. Formerly farm labourer.

Home 10th May 1915 to 2th September 1916; BEF 21st September 1916 to 14th June 1917.

10th May 1915, enlisted; 10th May 1915, posted 3/1 Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles, Service No 2561; 15th June 1915, transferred to 2/1, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles; 21st September 1916, embarked; 21st September 1916, Infantry Base Depot, France; 11th October 1916, transferred to 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th October 1916, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1916, joined 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field.

25th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Abraham Taylor, School Lane, Iwade; Brothers - William Henry Taylor, age 38, 20 Chapel Street, Blue Town, Sheerness; Frederick Arthur Taylor, age 14, School Lane, Iwade; Sisters - Mary Jane Mannering, age 36, No.13, North Street, Milton Regis, near Sittingbourne; Frances Elizabeth Glover, age 32, School Lane, Iwade; Flossie Taylor, age 24, School Lane, Iwade.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium / Iwade Roll of Honour.

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