Taylor Thomas William Gunner 1469827
Personnel Entry
Name Taylor Thomas William
Army number 1469827
Rank Gunner.
Decorations None known beyond normal Service Awards, covering North West Europe.
Date of birth 16/6/1921, probably at Frodsham - mother's maiden surname, Percival.
Age 53 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 10/7/1939. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the Orkney Heavy Regiment 25/3/1940. Posted to the 534th (Orkney) Coast Regiment 22/9/1940. Posted to the 143rd Coast Battery - Stromness - 2/6/1941. Posted to the 307th Coast Battery 15/7/1941. Posted to the 143rd Coast Battery 8/11/1941. Spell in 33rd General Hospital, Peebles, 20/7/1942 to 16/8/1042. Spell in King's Cross Hospital, Dundee 23/10/1942 to 11/11/1942. Attended Course in Sanitary Duties at Army School of Hygiene, Wytchete from 2nd to 12th November 1943 - Passed. Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment 30/12/1943. Embarked from the UK 9/6/1944. Served Normandy and North West Europe. Spell in 160th Advanced Dressing Station 21/8/1944 to 23/8/1944 during which he was on X List (II). Admitted to Number 17 Field Dressing Station 18/9/1944 and added to X List (II). Discharged from Number 32 Casualty Clearing Station to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment 21/9/1944. Further spell in Number 17 Field Dressing Station - admission date not known - and discharged and taken off the X (II) List 18/2/1945. Awarded 15 Days Field Punishment and forfeiture of pay 9/7/1945 for being Absent without Authorised Leave. Posted to 46 Holding Unit - X (II) List BAOR - 10/4/1946. Returned to the UK. Y Release 27/5/1946. Section B Reserve 14/8/1946. Class A Release. Demobilised. Class Z Reserve 9/7/1951.
Company/Battery 143rd Coast, 307th Coast.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Gunnery duties. Sanitary Duties following completion of his Course.
Joined Brigade 30/12/1943.
Promotions Upgraded to Class 1A with effect from 10/12/1942 after three years' service.
Wounded Not so far as is known - spells in ADS and CCS may have been illness or woundings - records do not include that detail.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died 8/12/1974 aged 53.
Home address Lived at Frodsham - Volunteer Street - and worked as a Farm Labourer. Next of kin on enlistment - father - William Taylor. Married Helen Frances Reddichan (widow) on 8/8/1941. Subsequently resident in Dundee.
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