TAYLOR, William

Known as: 
Bill
Rank: 
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Cheshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
4130202
P.O.W. number: 
83702
Born: 
Tuesday, February 13, 1917
William Taylor 3 Commando

William Taylor, a Cotton Piecer from Atherton, Lancashire, enlisted 13 February 1940. Lance Sergeant Taylor was reported missing 14 July 1943 during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge), later confirmed prisoner of war. Member of the Commando Association from Blackpool, Lancashire.

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/313/2.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 98 (1994).
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[Image] Donna Zisensis (daughter).
 

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