hiya Charlie
6118 albert taylor
2nd manchesters[D.coy]
the battalions mobilisation storeman
captured 26-8-14,wounded in left knee+right collar bone[fractured]by rifle butt
sent to hospital cambrai,paul fleming haus Paderborn,priestner seminar Paderborn and then to kaiserhof Paderborn
sent to Switzerland 30th may 1916,his wife agnes visited him in 1917.he was interned at the hotel victoria
repatriated 8-8-17
resided 32 William st,ashton
born 3-7-1878
the main reason for his repatriation from Switzerland,was general paralysis,this is a term used to describe insanity caused by syphilis,cpl taylor was a respectable man,he was highly regarded by his CO who described him as honest,reliable+sober,theres nothing in his medical records about syphilis,apart from a dose of earache and a bout of debility in south Africa he was a healthy man,his future wife agnes,worked for his CO major james,she was described as a young lady of impeccable character.
the reason for mentioning this,is that it appears that his condition was down to previous immoral behaviour or his wifes,which would be completely untrue,it was the swiss who noted the term general paralysis on his repat sheet,i wonder if the term means something else in Switzerland
mack
theres no david Thomas listed with the 21st manchesters
mack
