In Memory Of

TAYLOR, ALEXANDER

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 9804
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 4th Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1917-09-20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XXVIII. F. 6.
Cemetery:
 TYNE COT CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
 Belgium
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