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Private W Taun


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Private William TAUN, 205531, 6th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 9th August 1918, age 20.

Born Goole, Yorkshire, son of William and Frances Ann Taun,  9, Kingston Street, Old Goole, Goole, Yorkshire.


1911 Census - 4 Alfred Place, Old Goole, Goole, Yorkshire - William Taun, head, age 39, married, Canal Tug Captain, Aire & Calder Navigation, worker, born Goole, Yorkshire; Frances Ann Taun, wife, age 34, married 13 years, 6 children, 5 still alive, born Goole, Yorkshire; William Taun, son, age 13, born Goole, Yorkshire; John Walker Taun, son, age 11, born Goole, Yorkshire; Irene Taun, daughter, age 7, born Goole, Yorkshire; Minnie Taun, daughter, age 4, born Goole, Yorkshire; Frances Elizabeth Taun, daughter, age 1, born Goole, Yorkshire.


Enlisted Goole, Yorkshire, age 18, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 96lbs.  Resided 9, Kingston Street, Goole, Yorkshire. Formerly labourer / mill hand paper.

Home December 1915 to 2nd July 1917; BEF 3rd July 1917 to 15th August 1917; Home 16th August 1917 to 15th March 1918; BEF 16th March 1918 to 9th August 1918.

11th December 1915, enlisted;  12th December 1915 to Army Reserve; 1st December 1916, mobilized & posted 9th Durham Light Infantry, (23rd Provisional Battalion), Service No 351007; 3rd July 1917, posted BEF; 4th July 1917, Folkjestone, embarked; 4th July 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 21st July 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st July 1917, posted ??th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st July 1917, wounded left knee, mild; 4th August 1917, Camiens, 18 General Hospital from 37 Casualty Clearing Station; 15th August 1917, transferred to England, Hospital Ship "Kalyan"; 16th August 1917, Penrith Auxilliary Hospital; 28th September 1917 to 8th October 1917, Furlough, Western General Hospital, Fazakerley, Liverpool; 9th October 1917 to 11th December 1917, Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea; 14th December 1917 to 1st January 1918, Brigade Hospital, Home Counties, phimosis; 2nd January 1918 to 15th January 1918, St Marks, Tunbridge Wells, VAD Sussex, phimosis; 15th January 1918, to 16th January 1918, Brigade Hospital, Home Counties, phimosis; To Duty; 17th March 1918, BEF & posted 4th Reserve Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th March 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, proceeded to join 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd March 1918, joined 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 11th April 1918, 36 Field Ambulance, trench feet; 23rd April 1918, Trouville?, 72 Stationary Hospital; 11th May 1918, Trouville? 15 Convalescent Depot; 28th May 1918, Etaples, "J" Depot; 5th June 1918 to 6 Convalescent Camp; 5th June 1918, Etaples, 6 Convalescent Camp, debility; 28th June 1918, discharged to Etaples; 29th June 1918. Etaples, "J" Depot; 13th July 1918, rejoined Battalion, In the Field.

3rd March 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 8/9 a week payable to mother will cease.

26th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, William Taun, 9, Kingston Street, Old Goole; Mother, Frances Ann Taun,  9, Kingston Street, Old Goole; Brothers - John Wilker Taun, age 19, 9, Kingston Street, Old Goole; Walter Taun, age 5½?. 9, Kingston Street, Old Goole; Sisters - Irene Taun, age 15?, 9, Kingston Street, Old Goole; Minnie Taun, age 13, 9, Kingston Street, Old Goole; Frances E Taun, age 9, 9, Kingston Street, Old Goole.

Buried at Morlancourt British Cemetery No.2., B. 5., Somme, France.


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