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Guardsman GORDON TAYLOR

Service Number: 2620746
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 September 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY

III, A, 17.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hiram Alfred and Clara Taylor, of Earl Shilton, Leicestershire; husband of Marjorie May Taylor, of Earl Shilton.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVING NATURE SWEET AND KIND A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY LEFT BEHIND
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Buried or commemorated at

CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 502
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