In Memory Of

TAYLOR, ROBERT PERCY HOWDEN

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1922-05-21
Service No:
 589430V
Rank:
 Private
Regiment:
 Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1944-10-21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during heavy shelling of the Regiment's positions in the vicinity of Monte Pezza, Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I, B, 15.
Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of John Campbell Taylor (dynamite worker at Modderfontein Dynamite Factory South Africa) and Mary Law Taylor (nee Stevely), of 25A Central Avenue, Kempton Park, Johannesburg. Robert was 5'10'' tall, fair complexion, blue eyes and fair hair. He had a scar on the left knee and his forehead. He was the youngest of six children. Robert was first posted at TPR, S.A.A.C. Kafferskraal on the 13 April 1943. He AWOL'd a few times. He was admonished for one time then, given 7 Days C.B. on another occasion. A lorry driver and handyman.