Private 32986 Benjamin Croshaw TAYLOR

Private 32986 Benjamin Croshaw Taylor{gallery}Pte B C Taylor{/gallery}6th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Killed in action in the Battle of Le Transloy (Battle of the Somme), France and Flanders, 7th October 1916, aged 23

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 A and 10 D
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Thomas and Sarah Jane Taylor [nee Croshaw]
  
• Husband of Elizabeth A Taylor [nee Smedley]. Married Jul Qtr 1913 at Nuneaton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | St Nicolas Church | Vicarage Street School

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Taylor
• Thiepval Memorial
• Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1893 and baptised 30 Apr 1893 at Nuneaton
• Attended Vicarage Street School
  
• Lived at 48 Seymour Road, Nuneaton [1901]
  
• Lived at 42 Seymour Road, Nuneaton [1911]
• Lived at 28 Cheverel Street, Chilvers Coton [1913]
  
• Employed as a wool puller [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton