Service Details
Name:
 TAYLOR
Given Name:
 ALEXANDER
Initials:
 A
Service No:
 9804
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1917-09-20
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
Additional
Information:
Son of Alexander and Isabella (nee Driscoll) Taylor, of Glasgow, Scotland. Husband of Evelyn M. May (formerly Taylor nee Fowles), of 41, Lancers Rd., Berea, Durban, Natal. Born Kilcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland. A coach builder with the SAR&H. His brother also died in service. Commemorated on the Durban Cenotaph and St. Mary's Anglican Church, Greyville WWI Memorials
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 TYNE COT CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XXVIII. F. 6.

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