Arthur Taylor

[Caz]

My Grandfather, Arthur Taylor, was in the Manchester Regiment during WW1. He was born in 1894 and lived in Ashton Under Lyme, but we have been unable to find out any more information about him.
I was wondering whether anyone knows anything about him?

Thanks,
Caz

[harribobs]

My Grandfather, Arthur Taylor, was in the Manchester Regiment during WW1. He was born in 1894 and lived in Ashton Under Lyme, but we have been unable to find out any more information about him.
I was wondering whether anyone knows anything about him?

Thanks,
Caz

Hi Caz

and welcome to the forum

i will move this over to the great war section where it will get a bit more attention

cheers

chris

[harribobs]

caz

i can see about 30 Arthur Taylors in the regiment in the great war

Do you have any other information on him? do you have his medals? his service number is on them

chris

[Caz]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. My Grandma has one medal which was found with Arthur when he died. However, it says Private R. Taylor on the back so we're not sure who it belonged to or why Arthur came to have it. The service number on it is 3053.
Other things we know about Arthur Taylor are that he was a Corporal, and died at Brompton hospital in 1967. Prior to this he was living at Campleton Hotel, Earls Court, London.

Thanks very much
Caz

[tonyrod]

hi caz, welcome to the forum, does the name yates ring any bells  
its the only corporal in the regiment i could find with the name arthur taylor,
PTE 3035 R TAYLOR  was i think a regular in the 1st battalion
no doubt if i am wrong i will be corrected ,the medal should be the 1914 star or 14-15 star, with the name /number on the back
could they be brothers? it would seem they both survived the war

   
Medal card of Taylor, R
Corps   Regiment No   Rank
Manchester Regiment    3053    Private
Date    1914-1920
Catalogue reference    WO 372/19links to the Catalogue

Medal card of Taylor, Arthur Yates
Corps   Regiment No   Rank
Manchester Regiment    11682    Lance Corporal
Manchester Regiment    11682    Corporal
Labour Corps    277071    Corporal
Date    1914-1920
Catalogue reference    WO 372/19links to the Catalogue

[mack]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. My Grandma has one medal which was found with Arthur when he died. However, it says Private R. Taylor on the back so we're not sure who it belonged to or why Arthur came to have it. The service number on it is 3053.
Other things we know about Arthur Taylor are that he was a Corporal, and died at Brompton hospital in 1967. Prior to this he was living at Campleton Hotel, Earls Court, London.

Thanks very much
Caz

hiya caz.
ime fairly certain that 3053 r.taylor is your grandfather,and the medal you have should be a 1915 star,it must have been issued in error,with the wrong initial,he was later renumbered in 1917 as pte 351282 arthur taylor,he would have enlisted in ashton around oct/nov 1915,went to gallipoli on 22-8-15,disembodied on 7-2-1919

mack

[tonyrod]

hi mack, bang on again, i never thought of checking the ,3053 with arthur, i went straight to r Taylor
lesson learnt

1/ did Arthur make a corporal  ?

Medal card of Taylor, Arthur
Corps   Regiment No   Rank
Manchester Regiment    3053    Private
Manchester Regiment    351282    Private
Date    1914-1920
Catalogue reference    WO 372/19

[mack]

hi mack, bang on again, i never thought of checking the ,3053 with arthur, i went straight to r Taylor
lesson learnt

1/ did Arthur make a corporal  ?

Medal card of Taylor, Arthur
Corps   Regiment No   Rank
Manchester Regiment    3053    Private
Manchester Regiment    351282    Private
Date    1914-1920
Catalogue reference    WO 372/19

he may have been a lance corporal/cpl,but didnt hold that rank when his medals were issued,i forgot to add,3053/351282 a.taylor was in the 9th manchesters[ashton territorials]

mack

[tonyrod]

hi caz, try this link ,

http://www.themanchesters.org/9th%20batt.htm             enjoy  tonyrod

link to my family site.http://tonyrod.webs.com/

[Caz]

Hiya,
Thanks so much for all this information! One further thing that I have just been told is that we think he was wounded in Gallipoli, but are not sure whether this was serious enough to lead to discharge or whether it was only slight. Also, did you mean to say that he enlisted in 1914, as the date for this is after the date for Gallipoli.
Thanks
Caz

[mack]

Hiya,
Thanks so much for all this information! One further thing that I have just been told is that we think he was wounded in Gallipoli, but are not sure whether this was serious enough to lead to discharge or whether it was only slight. Also, did you mean to say that he enlisted in 1914, as the date for this is after the date for Gallipoli.
Thanks
Caz

sorry caz.
it was a typo,i meant to say oct/nov 1914.
i cant say if he was wounded or not,but he did serve right through the war

mack

[harribobs]

Caz

It's worth having a look at Linda's site on the 9th Battalion! 

Ashton Pals

chris