No. S/15005, Corporal, Frederick Christopher TAYLOR M.M.
Aged 25
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Frederick Christopher Taylor was born in Chippenham on 19th October 1893 (Newmarket Q4-1893 3B:521) , baptised in Chippenham on 24th December 1893, the son
of Philip and Annie Elizabeth TAYLOR (n&eqacute;e NUNN).
1901 census...Aged 7, he was at Sidney Row, Chippenham with his father Philip TAYLOR [28] agricultural labourer; his mother Annie E.[27] and sisters Eliza [3] and Edith [1]. The whole family were born in Chippenham. 1911 census...Aged 17,a milkman on farm, he was at High Street, Chippenham with his parents (father now a stockman) and sisters Eliza and Edith. |
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He enlisted in Piccadilly, Middlesex. "A" Company were at Clapham Junction, "B" Company at Jackdaw Tunnels, "C" and "D" Companies at Bodmin Copse. Battalion war diary records that :- "12:30 am raid, enemy did not retaliate very much to the raid, but when the 2nd took place at 4:20 however he threw over a lot of trench mortars on the front line and shelled back areas, including Bn HQ fairly heavily. The new HQ which Bn HQ was to have occupied were also blown in, killing 1 OR and wounding 3 others. The KSLI are on our right and the New Zealand Rifle Brigade on the left. The 37th Division on the right of the 20th Division is in process of relief. Their gunners are behind this division. Visiting patrols between Battalions are sent out two or three times each night, each battalion being situated on a spur with a swamp between. This swamp is at present frozen" CWGC confirms the 5 killed, none of which has a known grave. |
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