Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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Drummond Murray Taylor
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 29.10.1915
- Place of enlistment: Sunderland
- Service no: 36505
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: York & Lancaster Regiment
- Unit/Ship: 10th Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death: 27
- Date of Death: 30.09.1917
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Hooge Crater Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: XVIII.B.10.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 76 James Street, Dundee
- Occupation: Spinning Foreman
- Mother:
- Father:
William Taylor
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Isabella Taylor, 76 James St, Dundee.
- Children:
William, born 29.07.1914 & Herbert, born 29.01.1916 died 06.02.1917
More about Drummond Murray Taylor
Drummond Murray Taylor 36505 York and Lancs Regiment
TAYLOR—Killed in action, on the 30th September, 1917, Private Drummond Murray Taylor, 36505, York and Lancs Regiment, aged 28 years, eldest and dearly beloved son of the late William Taylor and Mrs Taylor, 19 Langlands Street, Dundee, also his wife and child, Mrs D. Taylor, 76 James Street, Dundee. Also, by his sister Mrs A. C. Smith and his sister and brother-in-law Mr & Mrs John Rusk and Sapper and Mrs W. D. Murray, 118 Albert Street Dundee.
Dundee Peoples Journal 27th October 1917
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell & Jim Flood
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