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David Irvine Taylor

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David's pension record courtesy of WFA

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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