Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Taylor,
Kenneth Churchill Craigie
Date of birth: 1888-03-20
Place of birth: Montreal Quebec Canada
Next of kin: Mrs A.W. Taylor, Mother, 1650 Haro Street, Vancouver, BC., Canada.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Land Surveyor
Occupation (normalized): Draughtsman, General
Date of death:
1916-09-12
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison, II. A. 4.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Major
(29th Battalion)
Rank detail
Major, 29th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Somme offensive of 1916.
Awards
Distinguished Service Order
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 613779
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Archibald Dunbar Taylor and Isobel Churchill Craigie Taylor, of 3585, 3rd Avenue West, Kerrisdale, Vancouver, British Columbia.
The war diary states that this man was killed whilst in charge of the digging of a trench 100yards in front of the front line at Pozieres. The trench was being dug by A and B companies. The enemy thought an attack was being carried out and bombarded the area where the men were. This was on the 11th September 1916.
Uploader's Research notes: Info from the attestation papers, war diary and this man is on the CWGC site. [Major Army Canadian Infantry 29th Battalion Distinguished Service Order ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2007-10-14