Service Details
Name:
 TAYNTON
Given Name:
 GEORGE EDMUND
Initials:
 G E
Service No:
 R/15675
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 King's Royal Rifle Corps
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Unit:
 2nd Bn.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-06-30
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Date of Birth:
 1883-10-10
Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of John Elijah and Sarah Jane Aldridge Taynton, of Karkloof, Natal. Born Karkloof, District Lions River. A bookkeeper. Commemorated on Howick War Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Bay 7.

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