TAYLOR John

  • First Name(s):
    John 
  • Surname:
    TAYLOR
  • Service Number:
    9620
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    26th September 1915
  • Age At Death:
    42
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Loos Memorial, France, Panel 64 and 65.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Sarah Taylor, 49 Crabbe St., Lye, Wollescote, Stourbridge, Worcestershire

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TAYLOR John Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window
Wollescote School

Further Information About TAYLOR John

Jack Taylor was born in Lye and attended Wollescote school. He had served in the Worcesters before 1914 and it is likely that he volunteered at the age of 41 to rejoin his old regiment. He went to the 2nd Battalion which fought in the Retreat from Mons, the battle of the Aisne and at Gheluvelt in the First Battle of Ypres. The battalion was at Festubert in the Artois Spring battles of 1915 and then fought at Loos in September. This was the heaviest attack to that date for the British army. On the 25th the Worcesters remained behind the main advance. On the next day they were ordered to lead the defence against a German counter-attack on The Quarries. There was little preparation for the men and the action was an expensive failure. Half of the battalion were casualties and among the dead was Private Jack Taylor.

John Taylor has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Loos Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.