Taylor John Lance Sergeant 4036765 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Taylor John
|Army number=4036765
|Rank=Lance Sergeant
|Age=24
|Unit=Att'd 15/2/40 I.T.C. King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Trf Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Iceland?, KILLED in ACTION 18/8/44 with 10th Bn DLI.
|Joined Brigade=27-Jun-40
|Died/Killed in action=18-Aug-44
|Home address=Son of Thomas and Maude Taylor, Blackwell, Gloucestershire. Commemorated Bayeux Memorial.
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Rank=Lance Sergeant
 |Date of birth=Born Warwickshire 1919/20.
-|Age=24
+|Age=24 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Attested 15/2/40 at the I.T.C. for the King's Shropshire Light Infantry.  Trf to The Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, Posted 10th Bn DLI.  Served Iceland?.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 18/8/44 with 10th Bn DLI.
 |Joined Brigade=27-Jun-40
 |Died/Killed in action=18-Aug-44
-|Home address=Resident of Warwickshire.  Son of Thomas and Maude Taylor, Blackwell, Gloucestershire.  Commemorated Bayeux Memorial.
+|Home address=Resident of Warwickshire.  Son of Thomas and Maude Taylor, Blackwell, Gloucestershire.  Commemorated Bayeux Memorial, Panel 17, Column 1.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}
 There is a possible confusion of records between Pte John TAYLOR and Lance Sergeant John TAYLOR.  Both have the same Regimental Number and therefore one record may be a duplicate of the other.  However, L/Sgt TAYLOR was a casualty in Normandy while Pte TAYLOR apparently transferred to REME.  Records are being followed up to ascertain the facts and entries will be amended and corrected in due course.

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		+	There is a possible confusion of records between Pte John TAYLOR and Lance Sergeant John TAYLOR. Both have the same Regimental Number and therefore one record may be a duplicate of the other. However, L/Sgt TAYLOR was a casualty in Normandy while Pte TAYLOR apparently transferred to REME. Records are being followed up to ascertain the facts and entries will be amended and corrected in due course.

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 |Army number=4036765
 |Rank=Lance Sergeant
 |Age=24
-|Unit=Att'd 15/2/40 I.T.C. King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Trf Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, Posted 10th Bn DLI,  Iceland?, KILLED in ACTION 18/8/44 with 10th Bn DLI.
+|Unit=Att'd 15/2/40 I.T.C. King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Trf Durham Light Infantry 27/6/40, Posted 10th Bn DLI,  Served Iceland?.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 18/8/44 with 10th Bn DLI.
 |Joined Brigade=27-Jun-40
 |Died/Killed in action=18-Aug-44