CECIL FREDERICK TAYLOR
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Image from the Suffolk Chronicle And Mercury – 1916.
Born: 18th July 1878, at 2, Norwich Road, Ipswich.
Baptised on the 25th August 1878, at St. Matthew’s Church, Ipswich – family home at 2, Norwich Road, Ipswich.
Died: 16th September 1916; age 38; KiA while gallantly leading his men in a battle. Served two years.
Evening Star – Friday, 29th September 1916 – Mrs. Edith Rose Taylor, of 15, Rapier Street, Ipswich, has received information of the death of her husband during recent fighting. Mrs. Taylor has also received a letter from Lieutenant Frank Bullen, in which he says: “In writing to express my deep sympathy in the loss of your husband, I wish to tell you that he was killed while gallantly leading his men during the recent fighting. Although I had only known him two weeks, I may say that the company has lost a very good N.C.O., who can not easily be replaced.”
Residence: 15, Rapier Street, Ipswich.
Occupation: Compositor for Messrs. Adlard & Sons.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich; Date: 1896.
Date of Entry Therein: 30th August 1915 – France.
Served in the Sudan (1898) & the South African Campaign. He returned to England in 1904 and served in the reserves for nine years. He volunteered with Kitchener’s Army in September 1914 and went to France in August 1915.
Rank: Sergeant; Service Number: 3/9842
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 9th Battalion.
Medals and Clasps Awarded: Belfast, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, and the Victory, British War and 1915 Star.
Memorial Reference:
Pier & Face 1C & 2A.
Somme,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of the late Thomas Taylor & Harriet Sarah Taylor; husband of Edith Rose Taylor, of 15, Rapier Street, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1881 2, Norwich Road, Ipswich.
Cecil was 2 years old and living with his parents, siblings & maternal uncle.
Thomas Taylor, 54, a Coal Merchant, born Ipswich.
Harriet Sarah Taylor (nee Lowe), 31, born Spilsby, Lincolnshire.
Robert Stratham Taylor, 5, born Ipswich.
Margaret Le Fortune Taylor, 3, born Ipswich.
Charlotte May Taylor, 1, born Ipswich.
John Benjamin Lowe, 32, born Spilsby, Lincolnshire.
1891 27, St. Peter’s Street, Ipswich.
Cecil was 12 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Thomas, 65, Insurance Agent – Royal Life.
Harriet, 40.
Robert, 15, Clerk at a Wholesale Grocer.
Charlotte, 11.
Hugh Edward Taylor, 9, born Ipswich.
1911 15, Rapier Street, Ipswich.
Cecil was 33 years old, a Compositor – Printing. He was married and head of the household. Cecil’s married brother Robert was staying.
Daisy, 27.
Laura, 2 ½.
Robert, 8 months.
Robert Taylor, 35, a Railway Engine Driver.
Cecil’s mother, Harriet Sarah Taylor, died on the 26th October 1898, at 15 Rapier Street, Ipswich, and was buried at Section K, Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Cecil’s father, Thomas Taylor, died on the 24th March 1904, Ipswich and was buried with Harriet at Section K, Ipswich Old Cemetery.
On the 19th October 1907, at St. Peter’s Church, Ipswich, 29 year old Cecil, a compositor, of 29, Stoke Street, Ipswich, married 24 year old Daisy Flora Taylor, born June 1881, Ipswich – daughter of Theodore Mealing Taylor, a crane driver, and Elizabeth Taylor (nee Pinkney), of 82, Purplett Street, Ipswich.
Daisy and Cecil had two children:
Laura Mary Taylor, born September 1908, 21, Handford Road, Ipswich, and was baptised on the 20th October 1908, at St. Peter’s Church, Ipswich.
Robert Cecil Taylor, born August 1910, 15, Rapier Street, Ipswich, and was baptised on the 6th November 1910, at St. Mary Stoke Church, Ipswich.
Daisy Flora Taylor died on the 22nd January 1913, at her home, 15 Rapier Street, Ipswich, and was buried at Section D, Ipswich Old Cemetery, on the 25th January after a funeral service at St. Mary Stoke Church, Ipswich.
In 1915, in Ipswich, Cecil married Edith Rose Burgess, a dressmaker – own account, born June 1881, Halesworth, Suffolk – daughter of Frederick Charles Burgess, a tailor, and Harriet Burgess (nee Ling), of 17, Friars Street, Ipswich.
Soldiers’ Effects to Edith Rose Taylor – widow.
The Battle of Flers- Courcelette, September 1916
Following an attack on the 13th, the 9th Battalion, under heavy machine gun fire in the “Quadrilateral” sector, took on a German outpost, gaining 400 yards of open ground, with no further forward movement dug in. On the 15th, the offensive resumed after 3 days of heavy bombardment. During the battle, the tanks were used.
The 9th Battalion moved forward on the 16th in support of the 9th Norfolk Regiment, with a zero hour at 06:20, advancing an hour and a half later under heavy machine gun fire, making it difficult to make any headway. In the morning, at 08:30 a.m. Lieut.-Colonel Mack, the commanding officer, moved his headquarters to the front-line trench, while observing the attack, was hit by machine gun fire and killed, passing the command to his Adjutant. C.Allerton. The attack then stalled, and the men dug in under now heavy German artillery. 12 officers were killed or wounded, 35 ranks killed, and 93 wounded. The division took upwards of 3500 casualties in this battle.
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