Wilfred James Taylor

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for relatives of Yeoman of Signals Wilfred James Taylor- died 24/12/1939 -  P/210349 - Royhal Navy -buried All Saints Churchyard. Faringdon.
The private memorial marking the grave of Yeoman of Signals Taylor no longer provides adequate commemoration.  The Commission are in the process of producing a hew headstone to mark his grave.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2436340/wilfred-james-taylor/

FIND A GRAVE

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69000165/wilfred-james-taylor

In Memory of
Yeoman of Signals WILFRED JAMES TAYLOR
P/210349, H.M.S. Royal Arthur, Royal Navy
who died, age 55, on 24 December 1939
Son of Edward and Clara Taylor;
Husband of Ella Maria Taylor, of
Faringdon, Berkshire.
Mentioned in Despatches, 1914-18 War.
Remembered with honour
Faringdon War Memorial and Faringdon All Saints Churchyard

The inscription reads: In loving memory of my dear husband Wilfred James Taylor late RN
who died Dec 24th 1939 'At Rest'
Also of Ella Maria Taylor died 19th Dec 1959 Aged 92 years
HMS Royal Arthur (shore establishment) was a training centre established near Skegness
between 1939 and 1946.

https://www.faringdon.org/uploads/1/4/7/6/14765418/taylor_wj.pdf

https://www.faringdontowncouncil.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WW2-standard.pdf

UK & Ireland Obituary Index

Wilfred James Taylor - 1884 - 24 December 1939  (aged 55 years)
Parents   Edward Taylor -Clara Taylor
Spouse   Ella Maria Taylor

If you are related or can help, CWGC wold like to hear from you.

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Looks like an Ontario birth - Wilfred James Taylor
Birth Date   19 Jun 1885 York, Ontario, Canada
Father    Edward Seivrey Taylor
Mother    Clara Elizabeth Buckland

marriage - England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915

Wilfred James Taylor - Registration Year   1907   Apr-May-Jun
Registration district   Portsmouth Hampshire
Volume   2b Page   1068

couple had possible three daughters

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daughter - Amy Ella Taylor - 24 July 1907 Portsmouth

Amy E Taylor - Registration Date   Jul 1936   Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district   Faringdon   Berkshire
Spouse   William H A Goodenough
Volume Number   2c Page number   1026

Amy Ella Goodenough - 24 July 1907 - 2006  (aged 99 years)
Registration district   Swindon   Wiltshire
Register Number   B71B - District and Subdistrict   796/1B - Entry Number   080

Could be a daughter  born to Goodenough /Taylor at Wantage in 1938 - married at Wantage 1964
2 daughters born in 1964/65

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daughter Clara L Taylor - 1909 - 1918 (aged 9 years)
Registration Quarter   Jan-Feb-Mar Portsmouth Hampshire
Volume   2b Page   641

daughter - Eileen G E Taylor married 1937
Registration Quarter   Apr-May-Jun Wandsworth   London
Spouse   Arthur J Field
Volume Number   1d Page number   1122

death -    Eileen Gertrude Field - 9 February 1911 - 1980  (aged 68 years)
Registration Quarter   Jan-Feb-Mar Chichester West Sussex
Volume   18  Page   1569

daughter - Barbara Ann Daphne Field 1937–1994
born 28 June 1937 - Wantage, Berkshire, England
died July 1994 - Penzance, Cornwall.

married Ian Hilton Cooke 1961 - Ian Hilton Cooke deceased 2007 Jamaica ?? (according to anc tree)

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