TAYLOR, William Ronald
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Rank:
Fusilier (Lance Corporal)
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Service:
Army
Service 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 during operations at Kangaw, Burma. Son of William George Thomas Taylor and Lilian Josephine Taylor, of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
William was a Metropolitan Police Officer who volunteered for the Commandos joining HM Armed Forces on 19 May 1943.
Police warrant number 127189; joined the Metropolitan Police 5 Sept 1938; left 7 Feb 1945 (died); last posted to D Division as a Constable; 1939 residing at the Police Section House, Crawford Place, Marble Arch, London.
Sources
CWGC.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/88.
Register of leavers from the Metropolitan Police / National Archives file MEPO 4/350/277.
The 1939 Register covering Caledonian Road, London.
The 1939 Register covering Caledonian Road, London.
Tony Moore, FRHistS and Police Historian.
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Note: Rank shown as Lance Corporal in Casualty List record.
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