Frederick William Hodgson Taylor (1891-1917)
Darlington man served with 1st/5th Battalion DLI commemorated at Arras
Frederick William Hodgson Taylor was born in 1897 in Cinderly, Yorkshire (according to Soldiers Died in the Great War, all other sources state Darlington). He was the son of Mark and Elizabeth Taylor who married around 1895. In 1911 the family comprised Mark (aged 37), Elizabeth (aged 36), and their seven children. They lived at 4 Four Riggs, Darlington, where Mark was a labourer at a local iron works. From the 1911 census, it seems that Frederick was known by his second name, William.
Frederick William enlisted in Darlington and joined the 1st/5th Btn Durham Light Infantry as a Private (200582). He was killed on 23rd April 1917.
Civil Parish: Darlington
Birth date: 1897
Death date: 23-Apr-1917
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: 4 Four Riggs, Darlington (1901, 1911 census)
Family: Father: Mark Taylor (born 1854)
Mother: Elizabeth Taylor
Siblings: Florance Taylor, Mark Taylor, Alfred Taylor, Annie Taylor, Alice Taylor, Whitfield Taylor
Military service:
Private, 1st/5th Battalion DLI
Killed in action 23 April 1917
Memorial(s): Bay 8 of the Arras Memorial
Holy Trinity Church, Darlington, plaque
Darlington War Memorial Hospital, Hollyhurst Road, Darlington
Gender: Male
Contributed by swejk, darlington