Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Bowker TAYLOR
Private 9748 Bowker TAYLOR of 1st Bn., Cheshire Regiment
Died of Wounds Tuesday 16th February 1915, No.8 Clearing Stationary Hospital, Bailleul, France, age 19
| Of: | 30 Bank Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1896, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Elizabeth Ann Taylor and George Taylor of 30 Bank Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Hatter |
| He enlisted in: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered on: | Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, France, H. 14 |
| Link with Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Notes:
Aged 28 on Commonwealth War Grave.
Brother to Private 25369 Charles Taylor.
Step Brother to Private 11162 George Williamson.
From the North Cheshire Herald, 6th March 1915, page 8, column 5:
Another Hyde Man Dies for his Country
Mrs Taylor, of 30 Bank Street, Hyde, received news on Wednesday evening of the death of her son, Private Bowker Taylor, of the 1st Cheshires. He died in the hospital at Boulogne, France, Feb. 16 last, from shrapnel wound received in the head, on February 8th. He had been in France since January 14. Mrs Taylor has still two other sons at the front so that she certainly contributed her share “for King and Country.“
Mrs Taylor, of 30 Bank Street, Hyde, received news on Wednesday evening of the death of her son, Private Bowker Taylor, of the 1st Cheshires. He died in the hospital at Boulogne, France, Feb. 16 last, from shrapnel wound received in the head, on February 8th. He had been in France since January 14. Mrs Taylor has still two other sons at the front so that she certainly contributed her share “for King and Country.“