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.