TAYLOR, William Ronald
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit/Base:
1 Commando
Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Service:
Army
Number:
14604392
Born:
Thursday, September 30, 1915
Died :
Wednesday, February 7, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
29
Cemetery/Memorial:
Fusilier William Taylor died of wounds in Burma during operations at Kangaw.
A serving Metropolitan Police Officer he volunteered for the Commandos as part of one of the Police Intakes. In 1939 he is listed as a Police Constable residing at the Police Section House, Crawford Place, Marble Arch, London.
Sources
CWGC.
CWGC.
Linked Content below.
List of Met. Police Officers on Forum message titled Police Intakes.
The 1939 Register covering Caledonian Road, London.
British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/88.
Note: Rank shown as Lance Corporal in Casualty List record.
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