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Son of Archibald Dunbar Taylor and Isobel Churchill (nee Craigie) Taylor, of Kerrisdale, Vancouver, British Columbia.
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.
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Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
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Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
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Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
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.
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Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.
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Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
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Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
From the Supplement to the London Gazette for 15 March 1916, page 2876.
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Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Supplementary information about family background: Father's newspaper obituary, 1942
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
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.
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
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.
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
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.
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
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.
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
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Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston
Digital gallery of
Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston
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Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
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.
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Major Kenneth Churchill Craigie Taylor
From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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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.
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From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.
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From the Supplement to the London Gazette for 15 March 1916, page 2876.
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Supplementary information about family background: Father's newspaper obituary, 1942
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston
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Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston
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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.
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From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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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