The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R Taylor

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Private Robert TAYLOR, G/3093, "B" Company, Machine Gun Section, 8th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 13th November 1915, age 25.

October 1880, born Stratford, Essex, son of Robert Samuel and Mary Ann (Emily) Taylor, 70, Maryland Road, Stratford, London.

1911 Census - 70, Maryland Road, Stratford, West Ham, London E - Robert Taylor, head, age 53, married, wheel turner, Loco Depot Railway Company, worker, born Aldborough, Norfolk; Mary Taylor, wife, age 59, married 21 years, 3 children, 2 sill alive, born London City; Robert Taylor, son, age 20, single, Apprentice engine fitter, Loco Depot Railway Company, worker, born Stratford, Essex; Esther Taylor, daughter, age 19, single, milliners assistance, manufacturer, worker, born Stratford, Essex.

Great Eastern Railway, Stratford Works, fitter, apprentice.

Enlisted Stratford, Essex, age 23 years, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 115lbs, fresh complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, scar right cheek bone, mole left side of mouth. Formerly fitter & turner.

Home 9th September 1914 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 13th November 1915.

9th September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1914, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th April 1915, Redhill, absent from Tattoo until 5th April 1915, deprived 10 days pay, forfeits 2 days pay; 1st August 1915, Blackdown, overstaying his pass from 11.00pm until 11.00pm 2nd August 1915, 5 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 13th August 1915, Blackdown, overstaying his pass from 12.00 midnight until 10.00am 14th August 1915, admonished, forfeits 1 days pay; 30th August 1915, posted BEF.

17th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Robert Samuel Taylor, 70, Maryland Road, Stratford; Mother, Mary Ann Taylor, 70, Maryland Road, Stratford; Brothers - none; Sisters - Esther Taylor, age ??, 70, Maryland Road, Stratford; Rebecca Taylor, age 20, 70, Maryland Road, Stratford; Sisters (half blood) - Emily? Russell?, age 37, 79 Standard Road, Bexley Heath, Kent; Grandparents, none; Nephews / Nieces, none; Uncles / Aunts - Frederick Arthur Taylor, age 64, 14, ??????? Road; Ernest Brook Taylor, age 60; Charles? John Taylor, age 56; Robert William Taylor, age 53; ?????? Edward? Taylor, age 51. 

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.