8197 PTE T.E.TAYLOR 2/BORD.R.
Thomas Edward Taylor
Born Brigg, Lincolnshire
Educated at the Castle Howard Reformatory School for the education & social reform for wayward boys
Attested 17/1/06
To France 5/10/14 with 2nd Border Regiment & qualified for the 'Aug-Nov 1914' Clasp
KIA F&F 24/10/14 during heavy shelling & enemy attacks on the Zantvoorde trenches, that the 2nd Borders were ordered "to hold at all costs" during the First Battle of Ypres
Buried in Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Belgium
With copy of his Medal Index Card, SDGW & CWGC details & a 30 page Digital File of his Soldiers Papers
Condition: GVF
