PETER DENNIS TAYLOR

Born: 14th August 1924, Tottenham, London.
Died: 8th August 1943; Age: 18; Accidental Drowning – Boat Accident outside entrance to Loch Gair, Argyllshire, Scotland.
Residence: 416, Wherstead Road, Ipswich.
Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Service Number: C/JX 350657.
Regiment: Royal Navy – H.M.S. ‘Dinosaur’.
Grave Reference:
Lochgilphead (Christ Church) Episcopalian Churchyard,
Argyllshire,
Scotland.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Walter Edmund Taylor & Mildred Edith Taylor, of Ipswich.
Father: Walter Edmund Taylor, born 1895 – died February 1926, Ipswich.
Mother: Mildred Edith Taylor (nee Clarke), born June 1893, Redenhall with Harleston & Wortwell, Norfolk.
In 1929, Ipswich, Mildred married Harry Rumsey, born June, 1919, Ipswich. An Engine Driver – London North Eastern Railways. They made their home at 416, Wherstead Road, Ipswich.
Also lost as a result of the boat accident:
Bruce Beaumont Matthews; Sub. Lieutenant of the R.N.V.R., aged 21, of Maidstone, Kent.
Herbert Henry William Shoulder, Ordinary Seaman of the Royal Navy, aged 19, of Plaistow, Essex.
H.M.S. DINOSAUR was a land base unit near Troon, Scotland. The Combined Operations training establishment was for officers and ratings undergoing initial and refresher training in landing craft operations.
One Comment
I’ve belonged to the congregation of Christ Church for the past few years. Every year on All Souls Day I place a candle on Peter’s grave. I feel so much resonance with him. My family came from Ipswich though my father was born in Tottenham. I was born in 1943: My elder son was born on 8th August 1966.
It would be lovely to learn more about him