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John Taylor


John Taylor


CWGC:

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion

No: 331785

Date of Death: 17th March 1918

Age: 21

Buried: Nine Ems British Cemetery

Additional Information: Son of Archibald and Caroline Anderson Taylor, 197 Onslow Drive, Glasgow. Educated at Whitehill School, Glasgow and studied as a Medical Student at Glasgow University up to time of joining the Army. Born Glasgow.


SNWM:

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 9th Battalion (Territorial)

No: 331785

Place of Birth: Glasgow

Date of Death: 17th March 1918

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds


SDGW:

Rank: Lance Corporal

Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion (Territorial)

No: 331785

Place of Birth: Glasgow

Place of Enlistment: Glasgow

Date of Death: 17th March 1918

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds


MIC:

John Taylor, Private, Highland Light Infantry, Nos. 4630 & 331785

Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals


Soldiers’ Effects:

John Taylor, Private (Acting Lance Corporal), 9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, No. 331785

Died of Wounds at 44 Casualty Clearing Station, 17th March 1918.  Father Archibald.


Listed on Glasgow University Roll of Honour: Lance Corporal John Taylor, 15th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Student.

Biography: Born in Glasgow, John Taylor was the son of school teacher Archibald Taylor and Caroline Anderson Taylor of 197 Onslow Drive. He was educated at Whitehill School in Glasgow before joining the University of Glasgow as a Medical student.

Taylor started university in 1914, studying Zoology and Chemistry in his first year as part of the Medical curriculum. He certainly made a promising start to university life – winning the Zoology Medal and topping his class under the instruction of John Graham Kerr. Taylor did not however continue his studies in 1915. As the Great War intensified, Taylor left the University to join the 9th Battalion (Glasgow Highlanders) of the Highland Light Infantry. Taylor was killed on 17 March 1918 and is buried at the Nine Elms British Cemetery in Belgium.


(Possibly) Listed on Glasgow University Memorial: John Taylor


Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: John Taylor, Lance Corporal, Highland Light Infantry, 197 Onslow Drive, Dennistoun.


Glasgow Herald, 23rd March 1918. ‘Deaths on Service’

Taylor. Died of shell wounds on Sunday 17th Maarch, Lance Corporal John Taylor, Highland Light Infantry, elder son of Archibald Taylor, teacher, 197 Onslow Drive, Glasgow.


1911 Census, Living at 197 Onslow Drive, Dennistoun

Father Archibald Taylor, age 47, Certified Teacher, School Board, born Glasgow

Mother John Taylor, age 37, born Inverary, Argyll (Married 8 years, 2 children born, 2 still living?)

Children: John Taylor, age 14, Scholar, born Glasgow

Walter Malcolm Taylor, age 6, Scholar at home, born Glasgow

Mary Smith Taylor, age 5 months, born Glasgow