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Lance Corporal ERNEST TAYLOR

Service Number: 265400
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

XI. E. 6.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Emily Taylor, of Leeds; husband of Ellen Hartley (formerly Taylor), of 11, Holme St., Rothwell, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY THOUGH DEATH DIVIDES STILL MEMORY CLINGS FROM HIS LOVING WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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