TAYLOR, Gerald
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
7598084
Died :
Saturday, March 28, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
22
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Sergeant Gerald Taylor, HQ Reserve, was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later confirmed killed in action. He had embarked for the raid on Motor Launch ML 267 which was hit by enemy fire and sank. Eight of the 11 Commandos, and all bar 5 of the RN crew, on board were killed.
Son of Bernard and Emma Lily Taylor, of Shiregreen, Sheffield.
Sources
CWGC.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives filesWO417/41 and WO417/70.
St Nazaire Society website / Storming St. Nazaire, author James Dorrian.
St Nazaire Society website / Storming St. Nazaire, author James Dorrian.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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