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Citation(s);
Military service
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Death:
September 12, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 4.
Additional information
Son of Archibald Dunbar Taylor and Isobel Churchill (nee Craigie) Taylor, of Kerrisdale, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Additional citations
Distinguished Service Order, London Gazette # 29508 dated 14 March 1916, 'For conspicuous gallantry when leading bombers in a raid on enemy trenches. Although wounded, Captain Taylor jumped into the trench, and disposed of several of the enemy with bomb, revolver and bayonet. Later he withdrew his men most coolly, and
assisted in taking back wounded.'
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Digital gallery of Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
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Photo of KENNETH CHURCHILL CRAIGIE TAYLOR
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Group Photo
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Honour Roll
From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Supplement to the London Gazette for 15 March 1916, page 2876. -
Newspaper clipping
Supplementary information about family background: Father's newspaper obituary, 1942 -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 700 Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor DSO (RMC 1905) was the son of Archibald Dunbar Taylor and Isobel Churchill (nee Craigie) Taylor, of Kerrisdale, Vancouver, British Columbia. He servde with the Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment), 29th Bn. He died 12 Sep 1916. He was buried in the Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison, Somme, France. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 700 Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor DSO (RMC 1905) was the son of Archibald Dunbar Taylor and Isobel Churchill (nee Craigie) Taylor, of Kerrisdale, Vancouver, British Columbia. He servde with the Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment), 29th Bn. He died 12 Sep 1916. He was buried in the Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison, Somme, France. -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 700 Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor DSO (RMC 1905) was the son of Archibald Dunbar Taylor and Isobel Churchill (nee Craigie) Taylor, of Kerrisdale, Vancouver, British Columbia. He servde with the Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment), 29th Bn. He died 12 Sep 1916. He was buried in the Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison, Somme, France. -
Photo of Kenneth Taylor
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Badge
700 Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor DSO (RMC 1905) was the son of Archibald Dunbar Taylor and Isobel Churchill (nee Craigie) Taylor, of Kerrisdale, Vancouver, British Columbia. He served with the Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment), 29th Bn. He died 12 Sep 1916. He was buried in the Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison, Somme, France. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Photo of KENNETH CHURCHILL CRAIGIE TAYLOR
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of KENNETH CHURCHILL CRAIGIE TAYLOR
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorabilia
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston -
Memorial
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of September 19, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y242uvic/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, CONTALMAISON Somme, France
Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.
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