P/O. Kenneth Henry Taylor . Royal Canadian Air Force 408 Squadron (d.3rd June 1942) Pilot Officer (Pilot) Kenneth Taylor's body washed up on a beach at the Westerdijk in Medemblik, near the Lely pumping station. He is buried in the Medemblik General Cemetery, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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KG Taylor . British Army KG 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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L Taylor . British Army Royal Armoured Corps L 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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F/Lt Larry Taylor DFC.. Royal Air Force 78 Sqd.
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F/Sgt. Laurence Edward "Buck" Taylor . Royal Air Force 37 Squadron from Bungay, Suffolk My father's logbook shows that he commenced training in October 1943 at the age of 20 and first flew with 37 Squadron on 6th ofSeptember 1944 as an Air Bomber on a night-time bombing raid over Bologna. He then flew with Wellingtons LP343 and LP 588 with pilot F/Sgt Brookfield over Italy, Hungary and Yugoslavia until 23/11/44 when he had to bale out from LP 472. His only story told to my late mother and myself was that the Partisans escorted him down a mountainside on a donkey and got him back to his Unit. He recommenced activities on 28/12/44 on LP 554 over Parma and Milan and continued with night raids until 15/4/45 over Treviso "Wimpy's last trip" with F/Sgt Brookfield in LP331.
My father became a supportive member of the Caterpillar Club and the RAF Escaping Society.
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LE Taylor . British Army Essex Regiment LE Taylor served with the Essex Regiment 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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Pte. Leonard Henry Taylor . British Army Royal Army Service Corps My late father-in-law, Pte.Leonard Henry Taylor of the RASC was captured at St Valery in June 1940 after having made the trek from the Dunkirk area. He eventually reached Lamsdorf after a long walk and barge ride. If anyone remembers him, his widow and I would be interested in talking to them.
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RSM. Leonard James Taylor . British Army 2nd Btn. Black Watch
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Sgt. Leslie Taylor . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 115 Squadron (d.30th Aug 1944) Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Leslie Taylor is buried in the Ove Churchyard in Denmark.
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M Taylor . British Army Royal Fusiliers M Taylor served with the Royal Fusiliers 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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Sgt. Malcolm Alfred "Mac" Taylor . British Army King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry My father. Malcoln Taylor was a regular soldier before the war and served as a bandsman and going to Knellar Hall. He served in India before the War and also was in Gibraltar. During the war he served in Norway and in the Desert before going into Italy and Anzio and on up through Italy. He never talked much about his wartime experiences and sadly died in 1972. If anybody knows anything about him I would be grateful if you could let me know.
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Able Sea. Marc Taylor . Royal Navy HMS Fidelity from Birkenhead At the start of WWII my great uncle Marc Taylor was serving in the French Navy. Following the fall of France his ship headed for England. Uncle Marc explained that following the operation to take control of French warships in British ports, Operation Catapult, he was given a choice: repatriation, join the Free French Navy or join the Royal Navy. Marc chose to join the Royal Navy as he had no love for de Gaulle and was drafted to HMS Fidelity on 14th March 1941 and served in her until 10th July 1942. He took part in several covert operations (Fidelity was a Special Services Vessel or Q Ship) and I clearly remembering him remark that the CO, a Corsican named Costa, was quite mad.
Uncle Marc's original surname was Nigot but when he joined the RN he was given a nom de guerre to protect his family in France. He said that movie stars were a popular choice and he chose to become Marc Taylor, taking the surname of the famous leading actor Robert Taylor. He also described that despite serving in the RN for the rest of the war, when he returned home, shortly after the end of the war, his name was on a wanted list for desertion.
Uncle Marc married my great aunty May, who he'd met whilst alongside in Birkenhead, during the war. After the war he worked at Cammell Laird.
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Maurice "Mo" Taylor . Royal Air Force rear gunner 458 Sqd. Mr Taylor is a very long standing family friend, he is now 86 yrs. old, over the years he has told me many things about his wartime years.
He joined the RAF in 1938 and served with various units - 458, 460, 150 and possibly others. Holme on Spalding Moor, Molesworth, Binbrook are bases he remembers in the early part, flying in Wellingtons as a rear gunner. At this point in time he was shot down to which even today he finds hard to come to terms with and at the same time I would not press him to talk about. Beyond this point he served in Ceylon on various sqd's until 1946. I would love to find out more as the tales he tells me never cease to amaze me
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Sgt. Maurice "Mike" Taylor . RAF
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Norma Frances Taylor . Women's Land Army Our mum Norma Taylor" was based at Instow Devon, the stories she told of her times were of a great time that she enjoyed with the rest of the girls even though the war was a stark reminder of why they were working away from home.
She didn’t have a good family life at that time and when she joined the land army it was like a new life. The farming community was a good one for her personally, she loved those times so much. After she passed away we found a diary of her times and it made good reading of the times you girls all had. We have found a list off some of her friends at that time and if you are one of them, I’m thanking you for that and the times you had together
- Lucy Mooney
- Sylvia Ollivant
- Olive Bowyer
- Wyn Fletcher
- Joan Ashby
- Joan Mowat
- Beryl Saines
- Rosemary Buckingham
- Pat Preedy
- Flo Fletcher
- Elenor Smith
- Bridget Thornton
- Beryl Rawlings
- Bett Howson
- Joyce Beer
- Margeret Jarvis
- Eileen Dennings
- Violet Ward
- Joan Marks
- Emily Harris
- Margeret Eden
- Helen Barnes
- Pam Stenning
- Iris Maynard
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Pte. Norman Findlay Taylor . British Army Royal Army Ordnance Corps from Menmuir My father in law, Norman Taylor died in 1988, after his death we found records of part of his life as a POW in Poland in Stalag 4a. The following is a summary of the facts we have available:
Norman served with the RAOC, he was captured in France on 20th June, and was
sent to Ft Stalag 142 Basancon, France. We have a photo of him outside the Hotel Lorrane on 21st October 1940. We are not sure how or when he was moved to Poland but we think he worked on a farm east of Danzig until 1945 when we have his record of his march from Danzig starting on 18th February 1945 until he was finally liberated by the Americans on the 2nd May at Dummerstuck in Germany.
We have a diary, map and other items he carried with him on the journey along with a list of his comrades and their pow numbers. We would love to find out more, if you can help please get in touch.
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F/L O. P.E. Taylor DFC. . Royal New Zealand Air Force 97 Squadron
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Pam Taylor . Womens Land Army from Wolverhampton Between the years 1942 to 1950 my parents holidayed at Brook farm, Marden Herefordshire. I was 8 yrs old when we first went to Brook farm. I used to help bring in the cows for milking, at 12 yrs I was taught to drive a tractor by one of the Landgirls and I also went on the milkround with one or other of those girls.
One was named Pam Taylor and I believe she came from Wolverhampton. Another was called Joyce. Another Muriel from Manchester married Jim Rogers the Blacksmiths son and yet another girl was Jean Renshaw. I should love to hear about any of those ladies.
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Paul S Taylor . from Ohio, USA My cousin is doing research and has learned that a relative, Paul S. Taylor, was a POW at Stalag 4B, Muhlberg Sachsen 51-13. We would be very interested in any info that anyone might have. His widow is still alive and his name is now being added to a Veteran's Wall in his hometown. He was from Ohio.
Did POW's receive a ribbon or medal in appreciation for their hardship? If so, I do not believe his widow is in possession of any, and at any possible dedication, it would be nice if she could be presented with it.
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PD Taylor . British Army PD 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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PG Taylor . British Army Royal Armoured Corps PG 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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Sgt. Philip Anthony Taylor . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 102 Squadron from Chester (d.30th Nov 1941) Tony Taylor was my late uncle. He was an air gunner in 102 Squadron and had enlisted with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He was killed in action over Germany on Sunday 30th of November 1941 aged 26 years. He is buried at Kiel War Cemetery.
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Sgt. Philip Bernard Taylor . Royal Air Force 107 Squadron from Kincora, Commercial Road, Llanhilleth (d.11th August 1940) Sgt. Philip Bernard Taylor was an observer with 107 Squadron, RAF. His address was Kincora, Commercial Road, Llanhilleth. Philip died on 11th of August 1940 and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Cooper's Hill, Englefield Green, Surrey - memorial reference - Panel 20. He is also commemorated on the Battle of Britain Memorial at Westminster Abbey (South Wales Gazette dated 16th May 1947) and on the Central Memorial, Llanhilleth Colliery Workmen's Institute and Club, Llanhilleth.
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R Taylor . British Army R 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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R Taylor . British Army Highland Light Infantry R Taylor served with the Highland Light Infantry 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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R Taylor . British Army R 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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A.B. R. S. Taylor . Royal Navy HMS Nelson (d.26th Feb 1942)
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F/O. Raymond Taylor . Royal Air Force 206 Squadron (d.14th September 1944)
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Dvr Raymond Taylor . British Army Royal Army Service Corps from Birmingham Raymond Taylor served with the Royal Army Service Corps in WW2
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Able Seaman Reginald Charles "Buck" Taylor . Royal Navy HMS Penelope from Chatham, Kent
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