Born: 14th August 1924, Tottenham, London.
Died: 8th August 1943; Age: 18; Accidental Drowning – Loch Gair, Inverary, 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.
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.
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