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Sergeant WILLIAM GORDON TAYLOR

Service Number: A/21888
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN

4. B. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Taylor; husband of Jane Taylor, of Gateacre, Lancashire, England.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 729
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