BERTIE WILLIAM TAYLOR
Born: 1885, Ipswich.
Died: 16th November 1918; age 35; died at No. 45th Casualty Clearing Station.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich; date: 9th December 1902.
Rank: Gunner; Service Number: 246772
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery, “B” Battery 87th Brigade.
Formerly T/4/088495, Private/Driver, R.A.S.C.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Grave Reference:
III.G.15.
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Mr. H. Taylor, of 24, Hawes Street, Stoke, Ipswich.
Brother-in-law to ALBERT EDWARD PIPE.
CENSUS
1891 Cowper Street, Ipswich.
Bertie was 6 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Henry Emmerson Taylor, 41, a Ship’s Cook & Steward, born Cretingham, Suffolk.
Ellen Taylor (nee Harris), 42, born Belstead, Suffolk.
Harry Edmund Taylor, 13, a Van Boy – Fruiterer, born Ipswich.
Gertrude Ellen Taylor, 9, born Ipswich.
Ernest George Taylor, 8, born Ipswich.
Edith Florence Taylor, 7, born Ipswich.
Archibald Taylor, 5, born Ipswich.
Percy Taylor, 3, born Ipswich.
1901 4, Lidford Terrace, Foxhall Road, Ipswich.
Bertie was 16 years old, a Brickmaker’s Labourer. He was living with his parents & siblings.
Henry, 52, a Yacht Steward.
Ellen, 51.
Gertrude, 19, a Laundress.
Ernest, 18, a Railway Carman.
Edith, 17, a Laundress.
Archibald, 15, a Pawnbroker’s Assistant.
Percy, 13.
Frederick Charles Taylor, 7, born Ipswich.
1911 77, Henslow Road, Ipswich.
Bertie was 26 years old, a Hay Merchant’s Carman & ex Soldier. He was living with his mother & brothers at the home of his married sister & niece.
Edith Pipe, 27, a Laundress.
Edith Pipe Taylor, 4, born Ipswich.
Ellen, 63, the Housekeeper.
Percy, 23, a Baker & Confectioner.
Frederick, 17, a General Labourer.
On the 1911 census at 88, Spring Road, Ipswich, Bertie’s father, Henry, was 62, a Ship’s Steward & Waiter, and brother Ernest, 27, worked at the Spirit Vaults at Cobbold’s & Sons, Ipswich and ex Army were boarders at the home of 25 year old Coachman, Frank Youngs & his family.
Bertie’s Mother, Ellen Taylor, died after a short illness on the 26th January 1915 at her home, 24 Orwell Road, Ipswich and was buried at Section F, Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Bertie’s father, Henry Emmerson Taylor, died on the 20th February 1918, Ipswich and was buried with Ellen at Section F, Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Soldiers’ Effects to Harry Taylor, Ernest Taylor, Archibald Taylor, Percy Taylor and Frederick Taylor – brothers, and Gertrude E. Carey (wife of William Henry Carey), and Edith F. Pipe (wife of the late Albert Edward Pipe) – sisters.
Royal Field Artillery, “B” Battery 87th Brigade
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