Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Wilfred Taylor BOLTON
Private 32038 Wilfred Taylor BOLTON
1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Killed in action, Tuesday 9th January 1917, Mesopotamia, age 21
| Home address: | 5 Helen Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1896, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Olive Taylor and George Taylor 5 Helen Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Labourer, Messrs. Driver Goodier's, Newton |
| Enlisted: | Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire |
| Remembered: | Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, plot XVIII, row K, grave 9. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Tried to enlist 13 times and was rejected 13 times. Eventually he enlisted into the Manchesters in 1915.