TAYLOR, Errol Grant
(Service number 51952)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
|---|
Birth
| Date | 28 July 1889 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Station manager | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Miss G. TAYLOR (step-sister), P. O. Box 742, G.P.O., Wellington | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | |||
| Date | 7 June 1917 | ||
| Transport | Westralia | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | |||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | |||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
| Date of Capture | |
|---|---|
| Where Captured and by Whom | |
| Actions Prior to Capture | |
| PoW Serial Number | |
| PoW Camps | |
| Days Interned | |
| Liberation Date |
Death
| Date | 31 December 1950 | Age | 61 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | Lower Hutt | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Taita Lawn Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Errol Grant TAYLOR, who used the name Errol GRANT-TAYLOR, was the second son of David Andrew and Isabella Lyon (nee GRANT) TAYLOR. Errol lived on the Chatham Islands for a time prior to the outbreak of war. In 1922 he married Dorothy Brunhilde CHEESEMAN, Their first child, Thomas Ludovic GRANT-TAYLOR, was born on 18 October 1923 at "Kelvin", Remuera. Errol died on 31 December 1950 and is buried in the RSA section of the Taita Cemetery. His widow died in 1973 and was cremated at Tauranga. His brother, Alan Gordon Grant TAYLOR was killed in action at the Somme in 1916. Another brother, Cuthbert Dallas Grant TAYLOR, also served in WWI. .
Sources
Cenotaph Database [29 April 2015[ ; Taita Cemetery headstone transcription and burial record, Waikumete Cemetery records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG Cemetery records microfiches) [29 April 2015]; Timaru herald, 9 April 1918, Evening Post, 9 & 12 April 1918, 31 March 1919, Press, 16 October 1923, Auckland Star, 19 October 1923 (Papers Past) [29 April 2015]
External Links
Related Documents
No documents available.
Researched and Written by
Currently Assigned to
TS
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.
Tell us more
Do you have information that could be added to this story? Or related images that you are happy to share? Submit them here!