Taylor F. J. Sapper
Personnel Entry
Name Taylor Frederick John
Army number Not yet known.
Rank Sapper
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth 15/5/1920, registered at Bishop Auckland. Mother's maiden surname Stoves.
Age (At time of death) 89.
Unit Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Served Normandy.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died 1/12/2009.
Home address 40, Keswick Road, South Moor, Stanley, County Durham. At the time of the 1939 General Register he was living with his parents (Fred Taylor 1890 - 1985 and Elizabeth Taylor - nee Stoves - 1890 - 1983) and siblings at 12, Park View, Oakenshaw, County Durham and working as a Hand Putter. He married Marjorie Brown (1921 - 2016) in July 1944 in Durham Western Area. At the time of his death he was living in Workington, Cumbria.
Source table
Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.
Thanks are due to Sapper Taylor's great grandson for permission to use his photograph on this Page.
