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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David Irvine Taylor
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: S/16320
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
- Unit/Ship: 5th Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death: 19
- Date of Death: 21.09.1917
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 132 to 135 & 162A
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address:
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
David Taylor, 3 Baffin St, Dundee
- Siblings:
Georgina Taylor, Adelaide Pl, Dundee and Annie Taylor
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about David Irvine Taylor
David has no known grave but is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
David Taylor S/16320 Seaforth Highlanders
TAYLOR—Killed in action on 22d September, 1917, Private David Taylor, Seaforths, son of David Taylor (Lawside Works), 3 Baffin Street, Dundee, aged 19 years.
Dundee Evening Telegraph 3rd October 1917
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