TAYLOR Fred

  • First Name(s):
    Fred 
  • Surname:
    TAYLOR
  • Service Number:
    540413
  • Rank:

    Leading Aircraftman/Wireless Operator (Air)

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force
  • Air Force Unit:
    218 Squadron
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    14th May 1940
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Thelonne Communal Cemetery, Ardennes, France.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of James and Ada Lily Taylor, of Clifton-on-Teme, Worcestershire

Leading Aircraftman/Wireless Operator (Air) Fred TAYLOR served and died in WW2.

TAYLOR Fred Is Named On These Memorials

Clifton on Teme St Kenelm’s Church WW2 Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Listed on the memorial as Fred Taylor, full name is Alfred James Taylor.

Further Information About TAYLOR Fred

Berrow’s Worcester Journal, Saturday 25th May 1940:
Clifton-on-Teme Airman Missing
News has been received by his mother Mrs A. L. Taylor, of The Village, Clifton-on-Teme, that her eldest son, Leading Aircraftman A. J. Taylor, who was in the R.A.F., had failed to return after a flight on May 14, in which he was acting as a wireless operator and air gunner.
Aircraftman Taylor was educated at Clifton School, and won a bursary to the Victoria Technical School, where he took up the commercial side.  He went from there to Kay’s for a time, and joined the R.A.F. three years ago.  He became a Leading Aircraftman on his 21st birthday, Dec. 21 last.  He had been in France since September last.
Mrs Taylor, who is a widow, has another son, aged 19, in the Army.

A letter from Reverend J.L Nordon, The Vicarage, Clifton on Teme dated April 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Fred Taylor be added to the county roll of honour.

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