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Military service
Service number:
463902
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
Birth:
November 23, 1886
Manchester, England
Enlistment:
August 12, 1915
Vernon, British Columbia
Death:
April 11, 1919
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. 45. 7.
Additional information
Son of Alexander Barrie Taylor and Maria Taylor, of Harpurhey, Manchester, England; husband of Minnie Hill Taylor, of Vancouver, British Columbia..
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Grave Marker
Grave of 463902 Pvt. Alex Barrie Taylor who served with the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles C.E.F.<P> Born in Manchester England on Nov. 23rd 1886. Husband of Margaret H. Taylor. Alex enlisted into the 62nd Battn. C.E.F. at Vernon BC on Aug. 21st 1915, he listed his occupation as "Add Agent" Alex was wounded in 1917 and invalided back to Canada where at Vancouver BC on April 11th 1919 he succumbed to the wounds he received in France at the age of 32.<P> He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Cross of Sacrifice
Memorial Cross in the section where 463902 Pvt. Alex Barrie Taylor was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. -
Vancouver (Mountain View) Cemetery
Cemetery view of the section where 463902 Pvt. Alex Barrie Taylor was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Private Alexander Barrie Taylor
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Private Alexander Barrie Taylor
Digital gallery of
Private Alexander Barrie Taylor
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Commemorated on:
Page 544 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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