Taylor, William John
Rank: Captain
Regiment: 10th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
Biography: Son of George Taylor, carpenter and land steward ; born Halkirk, Caithness, 14 September 1888 ; educated at Halkirk Higher Grade School whence he passed direct to the University in 1907. On graduating M.A. in 1910 he was appointed Assistant English Master in the Gordon Schools, Huntly. He was commissioned in the 10th Seaforth Highlanders in October 1914, and trained at Fort George, Cromarty and Tain. In 1915 he went overseas with the 8th Seaforths and was for a period bombing officer to this Battalion. Invalided home in July 1916 with trench fever, he acted for a few months as Assistant Recruiting Officer in Aberdeen. In the spring of 1917 he went to France again and was severely wounded at Vimy Ridge on 23 April. After making a partial recovery he took up duty under the O. i/c Records, but died at Dunfermline on 1 August 1917.
Date of Death: 01 August 1917
Burial Details: Buried at Halkirk Churchyar, Caithness, New Portion, Grave 336.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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