Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookhe Formidable (his first ship), 9 Aug. 1913; and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the English Channel, 1 Jan. 1915. [Illustration: =Trevor H. S. Tatham.=] =TATLER, ROBERT=, Private, No. 1289, 1st Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Robert Tatler, by his wife, Amelia (14, Longville Road, Newington Butts); _b._ Walworth, 30 Oct. 1891; joined the Australian Contingent on the outbreak of war; died at Netley Hospital, Southampton, 25 June, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Robert Tatler.=] =TAVERNOR, JOHN=, Private, No. 11599, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, elder _s._ of Frederick Tavernor, of 6, Middle Friars, Stafford, Railwayman, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Thomas Holmes; _b._ Rugeley, co. Stafford, 22 Feb. 1891; educ. Rugeley; was a Joiner by occupation; enlisted on 2 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 22 Dec. following, and was killed in an attack on the German position at Cuinchy, Belgium, 6 Feb. 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =John Tavernor.=] =TAYLER, ERIC HARDWICK=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., 2nd _s._ of Archdale Tayler, of Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand, Accountant, by his wife, (--), dau. of J. G. Culpan, of Auckland; and grandson of the late Rev. Archdale Wilson Tayler, of Leeds, England; _b._ 15 Jan. 1894; educ. Auckland Grammar School; St. John's College, Tanaka (where he held a Maria Blackett Scholarship), and Auckland University College. He received a commission in the Coast Defence Detachment of the 3rd (Auckland) Regt., 11 March, 1912, and in March, 1914, sat for the examination open to the Territorial Forces of Canada, South Africa, Malaya, and Australasia, for direct commissions in the regular Army. There were about 180 candidates, and Lieut. Tayler headed the list with 3,307 marks, out of the possible 4,500. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the York and Lancaster Regt. 20 June, 1914, and left Auckland two days before the outbreak of war to join his regiment at Jubbulpore, India. From there they were ordered to England and went to the front early in 1915. After about a fortnight in the trenches he contracted pneumonia and was admitted to the Clearing Station at Hazebrouck, France, 31 Jan. 1915, and died 9 Feb. following of double pneumonia; _unm._ [Illustration: =Eric H. Tayler.=] =TAYLOR, ARCHIBALD=, Sergt., No. 7919, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 29 Jan. 1915. =TAYLOR, ARTHUR CUTHBERT BROOKE=, A.M.I.C.E., Lieut., 6th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Col. Herbert Brooke Taylor, of The Close, Bakewell, Derbyshire, Solicitor, and his wife, Mary Taitt, dau. of the Rev. William Mallalieu; _b._ West Bank, Bakewell afsd., 15 March, 1888; educ. Lady Manners' School, Bakewell; and Cheltenham College, and on leaving there took the Engineering Course at Manchester University, obtaining the Engineering Certificate. He afterwards joined the firm of Saunders & Taylor, Ltd., and was elected an Associate Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers. He obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 2nd Vol. Battn. of the Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.), and while serving with this battn. passed the Hythe Course with distinction, and was appointed to command the machine gun section. His method of adapting machine guns to mountain warfare when manœuvring in the North Derbyshire hills demonstrated the possibilities of machine gun warfare which the present war has so immensely developed. He was promoted Lieut. in Sept. 1907. The 2nd Vol. Battn. Sherwood Foresters was a 13-company battn., and when the Territorial scheme came into operation was nearly 1,500 strong. The reduction of the infantry quota of Derbyshire necessitated the reduction of the battn. to eight companies. As a result Lieut. Brooke Taylor reverted to the rank of 2nd Lieut. rather than retain his rank and pass to the reserve. As his business necessitated his residence nearer Manchester than Bakewell, he applied to be attached for training to the 6th Manchesters, and declining a captaincy in his old battn., was transferred as a Lieut. to this reg., in the spring of 1914. He was shortly afterwards appointed instructor of musketry to the battn., and held that position at the time of his death. On the outbreak of hostilities he volunteered and went to Egypt with the East Lancashire Division, and eventually to Gallipoli, where he landed early in May, 1915. He was killed in action there 4 June following; _unm._ A fortnight before, on the death of the senior Capt. of his company, he had been appointed second in command, and his Colonel wrote: "I do not think it would be possible to speak too highly of his character and qualities. During the time of training, from mobilisation up to the end of our time in Egypt, he was untiring in his special work of pushing on the musketry instruction of the men, and was always full of work, valuable ideas and suggestions. With his keenness and attractive character he could, of course, do anything with the men, and he had a large share in making the battn. the splendid fighting force it proved to be. No one was keener or more anxious to see service." And a brother officer: "Brooke Taylor did the work of four men. His energy and fearlessness was an example to everyone." [Illustration: =Arthur C. B. Taylor.=] =TAYLOR, CLEMENT HAROLD=, Private, No. 1785, 1/15th Battn. Prince of Wales' Own (Civil Service Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Francis Taylor, of 6, Church Street, Leominster, Postmaster there, by his wife, Florence Annie, dau. of the late John Andrew Brewer, of Poulteney Gardens, Bath; _b._ Chippenham, co. Wilts, 9 Aug. 1892; educ. St. Paul's National School, and Wiltshire County Secondary School, Chippenham; was a Civil Service 2nd Division Clerk in Comptroller and Accountant General's Department of the G.P.O.; joined the Civil Service Rifles, in March, 1914; was in camp when war was declared on 4 Aug. 1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and died there, 25 July, 1915, of wounds received from an accidental bomb explosion; _unm._ Buried at the Military Cemetery, Noeux-les-Mines. Lieut. Scott wrote that he was wounded on Saturday afternoon at about 3.30 p.m. and that although he lived till morning was unconscious the whole time, and continued: "It may be some consolation to you to know that he was one of the very best soldiers and one of the very best men in my platoon. He was always entirely reliable, and always willing and eager to undertake any job that was going. He proved his worth, especially on night patrols between our lines and the Germans, for which he would always volunteer whenever it fell to our platoon to furnish one. His loss is deeply felt by all his comrades whose admiration and affection he had soon won." On the day before the accident he wrote to his mother: "The battalion has now done 16 days in the trenches and came out last night, I believe. I left on the 14th day with a small party to come here for a course of fo |