Taylor John Lance Sergeant 4036765
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Taylor John
Army number 4036765
Rank Lance Sergeant
Decorations
Date of birth Born Warwickshire 1919/20.
Age 24
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.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 27-Jun-40
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 18-Aug-44
Home address Resident of Warwickshire. Son of Thomas and Maude Taylor, Blackwell, Gloucestershire. Commemorated Bayeux Memorial.
Source table 10DLI