Husband of Mrs. Taylor, of 153, Hall Lane, Moses Gate, Farnworth, Lancashire. Formerly 2nd Bn. Reported missing and subsequently presumed dead.
Taylor, James –
Personal details
- Surname: Taylor
- Forename: James
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Little Lever, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Farnworth, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 21
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: August 16th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 16248
- Regiment: King's Shropshire Light Infantry
- Enlistment date: December 7th, 1914 - 1914-12-07
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Farnworth "Fallen In The Fight" Book
- Farnworth WWI War Memorial - Farnworth
- Little Lever War Memorial Plaque (Library) - Little Lever
- CWGC Memorial: Cement House Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: VIII. A. 2.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 11/12/1914
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7g
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 21/05/1915 19/10/1917 28/12/1917 09/08/1918 16/08/1918 23/08/1918