F/O J. E. Taylor . Royal Canadian Air Force nav. 419 Sqd.
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F/O J. T. Taylor DFC. Royal Air Force 630 Sqdn. (d.8th July 1944)
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J. A. Taylor . British Army 250th Airborne Light Composite Company Royal Army Service Corps
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Fus. Jack Taylor . British Army Lancashire Fusiliers from Colne (d.3rd June 1944) My Great-Grandfather, Lancashire Fusilier Jack Taylor, was killed at Myanmar in Burma on the 3rd of june 1944 by the Japanese invasion. He is buried at Taukkyan War Cemetry. He left behind his wife Lavinia and his genes live on in mine. RIP Jack.
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Fly/Off. Jack Taylor . Royal New Zealand Air Force 106 Squadron from Matangi, NZ (d.7th August 1944) I am in possession of the log book for Jack Taylor, my uncle, who was lost over Normandy on August 7th, 1944. He was lost when Lancaster LM641 was shot down. Jack is one of only 2 Commonwealth soldiers buried in a small village cemetry of Quetteville in France. I never met my uncle but the story that was when they were shot down, the pilot and others were able to bail out but Jack went down with the aircraft. As rear gunner, I believe they were unable to wear a parachute. My father, (Jack's younger brother) spoke of the pilot making contact with his family after the war to explain what happened. My father is still alive and I am hopeful of learning more about this event.
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Jack Taylor . Canadian Army Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
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Pte. Jack Taylor . British Army 1st Btn. Royal Norfolk Regiment from Woolwich (d.25th Sep 1944) Jack Taylor was my uncle. I don't know much about his life or why he would have joined the Royal Norfolks. He was a son of a scrap merchant and rag and bone trader from Woolwich, South East London. He was married with a daughter. His wife later moved to Canada I believe so any help in finding this side of my family would be great. Jack was killed driving a lorry liberating Europe. He is buried at Mierlo War Cemetery.
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Flt.Sgt. Jack Hugh Taylor . Royal Air Force 150 Squadron from Gillingham, Kent (d.13th March 1945) Flt Sgt Jack Taylor was a wireless operator in 150 Squadron and was killed on the 13th March 1945.
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Flt.Lt. Jack Hardy Taylor . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 182 Squadron (d.28th February 1945) On 28th of February 1945 at 08.45 am Squadron Leader Slug Murray left from Airfield B78 Eindhoven with six Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers for an armed reconnaissance flight to the Bremen-Osnabruck area.
Flight Lieutenant Jack Taylor led the Blue section. His number 2 was Warrant Officer Bill Cuthbertson. During this reconnaissance flight they saw a freight train in the vicinity of Bahnhof Drohne. Two aircraft from the Typhoons group carried out an attack on this train. It was Bill Cuthbertson and Jack Taylor, while the rest of the group gave top cover. Suddenly there was a call from Jack "I've been hit". - Bill circled around Jack's plane to see how his emergency landing would take place, but he too was hit by flak. Both made a successful emergency landing on the Bohmter Heide and climbed unharmed from their cockpits. Their mates up in the sky also saw from there that the train that had stopped along the main railway line, was equipped with anti-aircraft weapons and that anti-aircraft guns were hidden in the woods around. The unfortunate Bill Cuthbertson and Jack Taylor were captured quite quickly after the crash and disarmed by members of the Volkssturm. They were then taken to Polizeiposten Bohmte, where Volkssturmfuhrer F. Konig decided to kill both pilots. He and Volkssturm member August Bohning, his brother Friedrich and yet another involved took the two British pilots to a forest near Bohmte and by noon they were murdered with 8 to 12 pistol shots. The bodies of both pilots were thrown into a hastily dug pit and covered with branches. They told the Gendarmeriemeister later that they had shot both pilots during a flight attempt. Jack Taylor and Bill Cuthbertson were later reburied at Neuer Friedhof Lingen. In 1947 they found their permanent resting place at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Kleve.
The actual perpetrators, Volkssturmfuhrer Konig and August Bohning were sentenced to death by the British Army Court on 19 December 1945. The judgment for Konig and for August Bohning was death by hanging for both. For Ortsgruppenleiter Friedrich Bohning and the other accomplice, the earlier death sentence was later converted into a life sentence and finally in 1959 to acquittal.
Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Jack Hardy Taylor, age 21 was the son of Tom Lowe Taylor and Doris Taylor, of Marple, Cheshire. He is buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve.
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Pte. Jack Taylor . Home Guard 11th (Durham) Battalion Durham
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Pte. James Anderson Taylor . British Army 1st Btn. Gordon Highlanders from Fraserburgh Trying to find info about James Anderson Taylor who served with the 1st Ballalion, Gordon Highlanders who was captured at St Valery. He refused to work for the Germans so was sent to a reprisal camp and we think it was Stalag 383. If anyone knows anything please get in touch.
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Gnr. James John Bagan Taylor . British Army Royal Artillery from Glasgow I am trying to find my father James John Bagan Taylor who was from Glasgow. I have been informed that he served a a gunner in the Royal Artillery
Probably in Scotland but don't know definatly. Not much information but can anyone help?
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James Taylor . My grandfather is James Taylor, who was a POW in Stalag VIIIB.
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Sgt. James Arthur Taylor . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 150 Squadron (d.28th October 1942) Sergeant James Taylor, son of Harold and Maria Taylor, husband of Dorothy Muriel Taylor of Lytham St. Anne's, Lancashire, served with 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve). He was killed in action on 28th of October 1942 age 26 years.
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Janyce Taylor . Woman's Army Corp 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion from Philadelphia, PA Few things are more important to soldiers in wartime than mail from home.
But getting mail from home in wartime can be a logistical nightmare for those who have to collect, sort and deliver it, particularly to combat troops moving rapidly in battle. In World War II, the job fell to a dedicated band of black female soldiers who were members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only black Women's Army Corps unit to serve overseas in the war.One of its proud members was Janyce Stovall, who sneaked away from her Philadelphia home in 1943 as the war was raging to join the WAC.
She was assigned first to Fort Dix, N.J., and then sent to Europe as a member of what the troops called the "Six Triple Eight."
It was somewhat of an exclusive unit, consisting of 855 enlisted African-American women and officers, whose daunting job was to get mail to some 7 million American troops in Europe.
When the 6888th arrived in Birmingham, England, at the height of the war, it was confronted with a formidable stack of undelivered mail, one that reached to the ceiling. Some of it had been waiting two years for delivery to soldiers. The 6888th worked in England and in Rouen, France, to get that mail moving.
Janyce was aware of the responsibility of her segregated unit. "If we had fouled up, it would have been a black mark against black women and women in general," she said in an Inquirer interview in 1998. "But we didn't foul up. We did our job."
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JD Taylor . British Army Royal Armoured Corps JD Taylor served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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JE Taylor . British Army JE Taylor served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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JM Taylor . British Army JM Taylor served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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JM Taylor . British Army Royal Artillery JM Taylor served with the Royal Artillery British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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John Taylor . British Army from Blockley During WWII my grandfather was a translator at the POW camp at Northwick Estate, Blockley. He was born in Blockley but went to Paris to become a Steeplchase jockey and married a Frenchwoman. Two of my uncles were born in St Germaine en Laye, they came back to Blockley before WWI. He was fluent in both French and German.
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Sgt. John Henry Taylor . British Army 4th Btn. Ox & Bucks Light Infantry My father, John Taylor, was a sergeant with the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. He was a POW from 1939 to 1945 and may have been with the 4th Btn in France with the BEF which was overwhelmed near Watou. His POW number was 1091 in Stalag 383.
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Lt. John F. Taylor . United States Air Force 306th Bomb Group My father, Lt John F Taylor was a member of the 306th Bomb Group, USAAF, stationed at Thurleigh, England. His B17 the "Belle of the Blue" was shot down over Germany in 1944.
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Cpl. John Edward Taylor . Royal Air Force 514 Squadron from Lee, London I have just discovered why my father, John Edward Taylor, was awarded the B.E.M. I bought Airfields of World War 2 by Jonathan Falconer. On Page 282 a photo showed the Crash Crew of 514 Squadron, with my father in asbestos suit at the centre.
The author, who I emailed, was exceptionally kind and helpful. He sent me the following account taken from The London Gazette, 29th of January 1943.
In October 1942, a four-engined Short Stirling bomber, crashed while attempting to land at RAF Waterbeach. The petrol tanks were ablaze and ammunition was exploding in all directions.
Squadron Leader Charles Lofthouse DFC, led the rescue, accompanied by Aircraftmen John Edward Taylor and Albert Henry Martin. They repeatedly entered the burning fuselage. They continued their efforts for over an hour
removing five crew members, four of whom subsequently died of their injuries.
Squadron Leader Lofthouse and Aircraftmen Taylor (my father) and Martin displayed great energy and a complete disregard for their own safety.
This occurred when Waterbeach was hosting No.1651 HCU.
Squadron Leader Lofthouse DFC received the OBE. Aircraftmen Taylor and Martin each received the BEM (Military Division)
No-one would wish to rejoice after such a tragic accident, but I was delighted to discover, thanks to Jonathan Falconer, that my father who died in 1948 had been and still is - a hero.
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Pte. John Thomas Taylor . British Army 4th Btn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from Dudley
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Pte. John "Bluey" Taylor . Australian Imperial Army 2/24th from Shepparton
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Pte. John Gerard Taylor . British Army South Lancashire Regiment from Liverpool Gerry Taylor served with the South Lancashire Regiment.
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A/Cpl. John William Thomas Taylor . British Army 2nd Btn Dorsetshire Regiment from Faversham, Kent (d.20th May 1944) Acting Corporal John Taylor served with the 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment in WW2. He died 20th of May 1944 aged 36 years. He is buried Gauhati War Cemetery in India. Son of John Henry and Mary Ann Taylor of Faversham, Kent.
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P/O. John Cecil Philip Taylor . Royal Air Force 50 Squadron from Mill Hill, London
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Trpr. Jonathan Taylor . British Army 18th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps
from Manchester (d.8th May 1943) Jonathan Taylor died in Burma working on the Burma-Siam Railway. He is buried in Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. He was the son of Jonathan and Fanny Taylor and also served with the 5th Battalion, Loyal Regiment.
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Kenneth Taylor . Royal Navy HMS Macaw My girlfriend's great grandfather started WW2 flying for the Royal Canadian Air Force and then somehow earned a commission in the Royal Navy. He told me a story the other day of reporting into HMS Macaw as his first duty station in the RN, so I looked it up.
I would love to put him in touch with someone who could help get his stories down on paper. He is 91 and may not be with us much longer. He flew trainers, Spitfires, Hurricanes, F-4U Corsairs and Lysanders doing Special Operations flights.
His name is Kenneth Taylor and he separated from service at the end of the war as a RN Lt. (2-bars)
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