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Record #4052
Name :
: Harold Chevasse Harborne TAYLOR (1898 - 1917)


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Date of Birth
: 26 Dec 1898

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 3 Jun 1917   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Worcestershire, Kings Norton
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Vimy Ridge
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 24 May 1907
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Carthaginian

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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesA birth registration was found for Harold Chevasse Harborne Taylor: Year of Registration: 1898; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; District: Kings Norton (To 1912); County: Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire; Volume: 6c; Page: 489. (Parents: Joseph Harborne Taylor and Alice Hocking, married 1893 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.)

In 1901, Harold C. Taylor, 3, was shown residing at 179 Bath Row, St. Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Other family members included: servant Annie Dogherty, 29; Elsie Hocking, 12; Ernest Hocking 10; Percy Hocking, 8; Alice Taylor, 36, music book seller manageress; Donald Taylor, 4 years of age; Joseph H. Taylor, 33, upholsterer; and Mary H. Taylor, 5. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 2834; Folio: 6; Page: 4.)

In 1907, Donald H. Taylor, 10 (along with his brother, Harold C. Taylor, 9), arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with 137 children from the Middlemore Home, Birmingham, England.

In 1911, Donald Taylor, 14, is shown as a domestic to George Lamoreaux and family in Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada. His date of birth is shown as June 1896 and his immigration year as 1907.

On September 18, 1917, Harold Harborne Taylor, 18 (he was actually still 17), enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces at Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada (Service Number: 696405; Force: Army; Unit: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment); Division: 50th Bn.) He declared that he resided in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; that he was born in Birmingham, England; that his next of kin was his mother, Mrs. Alice Taylor, who resided at Hope Cottage, Stratford Road, Shirley, England (originally his next of kin was listed as his father, Joseph Taylor, who resided at Mission Flats, Spokane, Washington, USA, but that was crossed out); that his date of birth was December 26, 1898; that he was a farmer; and that he was not married. He was described as 5 foot 6 inches in height; fair complexion; blue eyes; light brown hair. He had two vaccination marks on his left arm. His brother, Donald Harbourne Taylor, and his father, Joseph Harborne Taylor, also both enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Private Harold Harborn Taylor died on June 3, 1917, at Vimy Ridge, Pas de Calais, France. He is remembered on the Vimy Memorial, Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War. At the base of the memorial, these words appear in French and in English:

TO THE VALOUR OF THEIR COUNTRYMEN IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN MEMORY OF THEIR SIXTY THOUSAND DEAD THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED BY THE PEOPLE OF CANADA

Inscribed on the ramparts of the Vimy Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as 'missing, presumed dead' in France. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-08-25 08:21:39 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 15:21:38 /

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3274 BRACEY, Arthur T.1883ENG,    , Kings Norton Apr 1900 : Cambroman CAN Barnardos  
4602 CLAYTON, Prudence1906ENG, WOR, Kings Norton Mar 1921 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
12000 COLMAN, Hilda Frances1914ENG,    , Kings Norton May 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
13709 EVERTON, Dorothy1902ENG,    , Kings Norton May 1908 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
10847 GLENCROSS, Bernard1907ENG,    , Kings Norton Jul 1923 : Regina CAN National Childrens Home  
12636 HOBBINS, Polly1901ENG,    , Kings Norton Jun 1912 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
10333 HOLBECHE, Hubert C1913ENG,    , Kings Norton May 1923 : Scythia CAN Middlemore  
9158 MEALING, Cyril H1895ENG,    , Kings Norton May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
8144 REASON, Amelia1915ENG,    , Kings Norton Jul 1928 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
10412 STALLARD, Howard1880ENG,    , Kings Norton Jun 1892 : Circassian CAN Middlemore  
12005 SUMMERS, Roland1911ENG,    , Kings Norton May 1921 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
4052 TAYLOR, Harold Chevasse Harborne1898ENG, WOR, Kings Norton May 1907 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
12362 TYSALL, Florence1890ENG,    , Kings Norton Jun 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
13890 WHITE, Bernard Garfield1887ENG,    , Kings Norton Apr 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
8149 WHITEHOUSE, Howard Wallace1915ENG,    , Kings Norton Jul 1928 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
4375 WILKINS, Edward Horace1900ENG, WOR, Kings Norton Oct 1914 : Missanabie CAN Unknown  
4376 WILKINS, Nellie Harriet1901ENG, WOR, Kings Norton Oct 1914 : Missanabie CAN Unknown  
4614 WRIGHT, Dorothy1902ENG, WOR, Kings Norton Jun 1912 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
4613 WRIGHT, James Daniel1899ENG, WOR, Kings Norton Jun 1912 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore