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Private W T Taylor

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Private William Thomas TAYLOR, G/15479, 2nd Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force,  28th October 1918.

Born Wingham, Kent, son of William & Jane Taylor.

27th February 1887, Wingham, baptism of William Thomas Taylor, son of William & Jane Taylor.

1911 Census - West Street, Hothfield, Ashford, Kent - William Shorter, head, age 60, married, gardener, domestic, worker, born Hothfield, Kent; Ellen Shorter, wife, age 59, married 36 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Hothfield, Kent; Elsie Shorter, daughter, age 24, single, born Hothfield, Kent; William Taylor, boarder, age 24, single, butchers assistant, worker, born Wingham, Kent.

1913 June Quarter, East Ashford Registration District, William T Taylor, married Rosa E Brisley.

Widow - Rose Elizabeth Taylor, born 7th February 1891.

Children - Doris Taylor, born 1st December 1913; Joyce Taylor, born 28th February 1916.

Enlisted Folkestone, Kent.  Resided Folkestone, Kent.

Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, XVIII. F. 1/29., Iraq.