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Military service
Service number:
B/62947
Age:
29
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
6th Armd. Regt.
Birth:
December 11, 1914
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 9, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. D. 7.
Additional information
Son of James Allen Taylor and Bella Taylor; husband of Gladys Taylor, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Elma Taylor.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, France-Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Trooper Allen Hamilton Taylor
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Photo taken by John S. Brehaut while travelling to France in May of 2003. -
Photo of Allen Taylor
A family member wrote a couple of paragraphs about Allen in her autobiography:<P> My cousin, Allen Hamilton Taylor, joined the Army Artillery Corps and was sent overseas in March, 1943 with the Tank Corp. As you can imagine, tanks were primary targets for both sides. He was killed on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and is buried in Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, Calvados, France, 1X. D. 7.<P> Allen was my favourite cousin and he was an active member of the York Bible Class in Toronto. Our mothers were sisters, and there was only a year's difference in our ages. While he was on Embarkation Leave before going overseas, I had met him at the corner of Bloor and Margueretta Streets, and we talked for over half an hour. I was always glad that we had this time together.<P> While Allen had been in England, he had married an English girl (Gladys) and they had a baby. She came to Canada after the war but I never met her as I was also married and was then living in Montreal. -
Family Photo
This photo was taken in 1923.<P> The back row is Jim Taylor (Allen's father). Middle row, left to right: <P> Elma (sister of Allen), Irene and Vera Hall (cousins of Allen);<BR> Front row: Allen is seen posing between his twin cousins Herbert and Albert Hall. -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of Allen Hamilton Taylor
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Western Technical School
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial Plaque
In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Trooper Allen Hamilton Taylor
Digital gallery of
Trooper Allen Hamilton Taylor
Digital gallery of
Trooper Allen Hamilton Taylor
Digital gallery of
Trooper Allen Hamilton Taylor
Digital gallery of
Trooper Allen Hamilton Taylor
Digital gallery of
Trooper Allen Hamilton Taylor
Digital gallery of
Trooper Allen Hamilton Taylor
Digital gallery of
Trooper Allen Hamilton Taylor
Digital gallery of
Trooper Allen Hamilton Taylor
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 458 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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