TAYLOR H

TAYLOR, Harold

Harold TAYLOR

Regiment: 1 Bn Loyal North Lancashire regiment

Rank: Lance Corporal

Number: 26817

Died: 26 September 1916

Aged: 20

Buried/Memorial: Thiepval Memorial

Address: 34 Vicarage Road, Hoole

Cheshire Observer 4 November 1916

PTE H. TAYLOR KILLED

“Private H Taylor 26817 Loyal N Lancs Regiment formerly of the Cheshire Regiment is officially reported as killed on Sept 26 after being reported missing since the 26th Sept 1916. Before enlisting he was a clerk in the L and N W goods office at Chester and was in the Territorials. He went to the Front on 30th August 1916. His home is at 34 Vicarage Road Hoole.”

The 1911 Census shows Harold as a 15-year-old railway goods guard living at 13 Walker Street with father Albert, mother Miriam and brothers George, Frank and Albert.