World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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John Taylor
Forename(s):
John
Surname:
Taylor
Initial(s):
J
Service Number:
7262
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 11th (Service) Battalion
Died:
04/12/1915
Aged:
24
Buried:
Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension
Service History:
Enlisted & resided at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Background:
Born 1886, at Shilbottle, Northumberland, the son of Sarah Taylor (b. 1862).
When Taylor's mother first claimed for an Army Pension she lived at Togston's Barns, Low Broomhill, County Durham but she later moved to Greensfield Farm, Alnwick, Northumberland. Initially awarded £0-5s-0 per week, from 15 August 1916, the pension was increased to £0-7s-6d p.w. from 15 February 1920 until 6 March 1922 when it was increased to £0-9s-0d p.w. before dropping to £0-6s-0d p.w. from 16 May 1922 until payments ceased from 19 November 1923. The WW1 Pension Ledgers & Index Cards, 1914-1923 are available via Ancestry.co.uk.
Taylor was unmarried.
The 1911 Census records a John Taylor, aged 20, born at Shilbottle Longdyke, working as a Horseman at Roseborough, Chathill, Northumberland. His brother Robert was Head of Household, & also living with them was their mother & sister, Annie.
Local Memorial:
Warkworth War Memorial, by St Lawrence's Church