Died
Francis Taylor: 10th Jan 1915
Harry Taylor: 7th May 1917
Sources
CWGC.org
Barrow News
Place
Themes
Harry Alfred Taylor and Francis Gideon Taylor
Father and Son
This is the only father and son grave that I have found where both were killed in WW1.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FRANK TAYLOR
WHO DIED NOV 16, 1917, AGED 79
ALSO OF HIS ELDEST SON HARRY ALFRED, WHO DIED OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE MAY 7, 1917, AGED 48 AND OF FRANCIS GIDEON, ELDEST SON OF
HARRY ALFRED TAYLOR
KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE JAN 10, 1915, AGED 18
Where is the grave?
Close to the Crematorium car park, on the right of the sloping path coming back down from the main (car) track.
Harry Alfred Taylor was the eldest son of Frank and Elizabeth Fisher Taylor, and died of wounds received, on May 7th 1917, aged 48 (49 according to CWGC). He was in the 1st Battalion The Buffs (The East Kent Regiment), and is buried in Calais Southern Cemetery. [Source]
Harry Alfred Taylor’s eldest son had predeceased him. Rifleman Francis Gideon Taylor was killed on January 10th 1915, aged 18. He was in the 2nd Batt. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial in the Pas de Calais region. [Source]
The Barrow News, 30 Jan 1915DEATH NOTICE
TAYLOR Killed in action on the 10th inst., Francis Gideon Taylor, Rifleman 2nd K.R.R.C., only son of Harry Taylor, 31 Great James-street, W.C. (i.e. London), and grandson of Frank Taylor of Grange-over-Sands, in his 19th year.
The Barrow News, 12 May 1917DIED OF WOUNDS
TAYLOR On 7th May, in hospital, abroad, of wounds received in action. Harry Alfred Taylor, the Buffs, beloved eldest son of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Taylor, Grange-over-Sands, aged 48 years. And in loving memory of Francis G. Taylor, King’s Royal Rifles, his only son, killed in action 10 January 1915, aged 18 years.
In the same edition an account reads:
The Barrow News, 12 May 1917BARROW SOLICITOR’S LOSS
MR. FRANK TAYLOR’S ELDEST SON KILLED
It is with regret we have to record amongst the list of the fallen heroes Private Harry Taylor, eldest son of Mr. Frank Taylor, solicitor, of Barrow and of Newlands, Grange-over-Sands. Born in 1869, Pte. Taylor was educated at Sedburgh School. Prior to enlisting, in February 1916, he worked most energetically with the National Recruiting Campaign for Kitchener’s Army, and when that work was finished he joined the colours as a private, being unable at that time to obtain a commission. He went to France with the Buffs Regiment in November last, and was severely wounded in action and died in hospital in France on May 7th. It is also sad to recall that his son, Francis George (sic) was killed in action on January 10th 1915, at the early age of 18 years. Much sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Taylor and family in their bereavement.
