Private Ernest Taylor
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1889-11-04
Place of birth: Inverurie Aberdeenshire Scotland
Next of kin: Lily Taylor (Mrs. D. Simpson), sister, King St., Inverbervie, Kincardineshire,Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1916-11-24
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Etaples Military Cemetery, XX. C. 14A.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 629099
Highest Rank:
Private
(47th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 47th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: The Somme, Ancre Heights
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 497852
LAC ID:
271119
Service file: B9522-S060
Uploader's Notes: Prior service with 11th Regiment, Irish Fusliers of Canada. Ernest emigrated to Canada before WW1. Seems to have ended up in BC. Ernest grew up in a small fishing village, Gourdon, on the east coast of Scotland. His next of kin was his twin sister, Lily, who died in 1918 in the flu pandemic.
Uploader's Research notes: 47th Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 47th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2012-06-27