Name
Roger Cecil Taylor
1897
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/10/1917
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
South Staffordshire Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY
V. A. 2.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Bourne End Village Memorial, St John's Church Roll of Honour (book), Bourne End, Individual plaque, St John's the Evangelist Church, Bourne End, Malvern Wells Cemetery Chapel Roll of the Fallen, Not on the Hemel Hempstead Town Memorial
Pre War
Roger Cecil Taylor was born in 1897 in Argentina, the son of Sugar Manufacturer Samuel Taylor and Mary Caroline Tweedsdale.
The family returned to England in March 1902, leaving La Plata, Argentina on the ship Danube and arriving at Southampton, Hants, via Port Elizabeth & Cape Town, South Africa and Madeira.
On the 1911 Census, he was listed as attending the Wells House, preparatory school, Malvern Wells School, Worcestershire. (famous for having Edward Elgar as music teacher for many years), His parents were living at Pouchen House, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in and served as a Lieutenant with the 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment.
He was killed in action at Passchendaele, Battle of Ypres on 4 October 1917.
Additional Information
His father, Samuel Taylor received his pay owing of £138 11s 8d. and was granted probate on 5 April 1918 with effects of £213 12s 4d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild, www.dacorumheritage.org.uk
