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L/Bmbdr. John Taaffe
British Army 22nd Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Castlehyde, Co Cork
John Taaffe, volunteered to join the British Army at Cork on the 18th August 1913. He served in the 22nd Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery. He served 12 years and was finally discharged on 18th August 1925. John lied about his age when he joined up saying that he was born in 1895 instead of his actual year of birth of 1897.
Cpl. John Henry Taberner
British Army Border Regiment
(d.9th Aug 1918 )
L/Cpl. John Taberner
British Army 3rd Btn. Border Regiment
from:Billinge
(d.19th August 1918)
John Taberner was my grandfather. He served with the Border Regiment 3rd Battalion in WW1 and this appears on my aunt's birth certificate. John was killed on 19th of August 1918 serving with the Border Regiment as a Lance Corporal. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium. I have no other information about him as my mother was a young girl when he died and nothing was spoken about him or other family members.
Pte Alfred James Tabor
British Army 9th (I) Battalion Tank Corps
from:Cherry Hinton, Cambridge
(d.23rd July 1918)
Alfred Tabor was my grandfather. He and died of wounds received whilst driving Mk V male 9049 at Sauvillers, on 23rd of July 1918, during the subsidiary attack on Harpon Wood.
Stkr1. Frederick Charles Tacon
Royal Navy HMS Invincible
from:Acton, London
(d.31st May 1916)
Frederick Tacon was born in Lewisham in 1890, son of William and Alice Tacon. His father was an Optical Turner. The 1911 census shows that the family had moved to Valetta Road in Acton and Frederick was employed as a Brass Finisher (Electrical).
Frederick enlisted into the Royal Navy, and was killed, along with 1025 other men, on HMS Invincible when she was sunk at the Battle of Jutland on the 31 May 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. He is also remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London.
Maj. George Foster Hercules Tailyour
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Cheltenham
Major George Tailyour was Brigade Major with 5th Division, Royal Field Artillery at the Battle of Le Cateau, referred to by the men as Cheese in the Le Cateau mousetrap, on 26th of August 1914. By 13.45 hrs the battle was going against the British and the decision was made by the Corps commander to withdraw. At the Reumont Wagon Lines Major Tailyour placed 52 Field Battery teams on standby to assist with the withdrawal and then led the 80 Field Battery teams forward to recover guns and howitzers. He verbally circulated the order to retire. He is believed to have ridden his horse past the Batteries calling out 'The order is to retire'. Then went further forward on foot among the Suffolks before ending up thoroughly exhausted and collapsing at the XV Field Brigade Group CP/OP.
Together with 2,500 others he was captured and taken Prisoner of War. He was sent to the PoW camp at Clausthal in Bavaria until the 5th January 1918 when he was on parole in Holland until the 23rd October 1918.
He died in command of the Royal Artillery Brigade in Colchester in 1921 due to problems caused by time as a Prisoner of War.
Pte. Frederick James Tait
British Army 10th Btn. Scottish Rifles
from:Edinburgh
(d.25th April 1917)
My Grandfather, Fred Tait, the only son of Elizabeth Tait, was married to Mary and had two sons and a newborn daughter when he was killed during the Battle of Arras. A letter to his widow informed her that he had been killed by a shell and there was "no mark upon his body". "He was buried where he lay, near the front line". His body was not found and his name is inscribed upon the Arras Memorial. RIP.
Before he enlisted, he worked as a horse-van driver for McEwan's Brewery in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. His name is upon the Arras Memorial and upon the Fountain Brewery plaque at Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh.
S/Sgt. George William Tait
Australian Imperial Force No. 8 Sect., Sea Transport Australian Army Medical Corps
from:Creswick, Victoria, Australia
Pte. James Edwin Tait
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.29th Apr 1915)
Lt. James Edward Tait VC, MC.
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 7th Btn. (Manitoba Regiment),
(d.11th Aug 1918)
James Tait was killed on the 11th August 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on a special memorial in the Fouquescourt British Cemetery in France.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 24th Sept., 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and initiative in attack. The advance having been checked by intense machine-gun fire, Lt. Tait rallied his company and led it forward with consummate skill and dash under a hail of bullets. A concealed machine gun, however, continued to cause many casualties. Taking a rifle and bayonet, Lt. Tait dashed forward alone and killed the enemy gunner. Inspired by his example his men rushed the position, capturing twelve machine guns and twenty prisoners. His valorous action cleared the way for his battalion to advance. Later, when the enemy counter-attacked our positions under intense artillery bombardment, this gallant officer displayed outstanding courage and leadership, and, though mortally wounded by a shell, continued to aid and direct his men until his death."
James Tait
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian) Regiment
from:Edinburgh
James Tait survived Gallipoli with the 4th Royal Scots, and marched through the Suez Canal and then finished the War in France with 7th Royal Scots.
Pte. John Tait
British Army 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Hamilton
(d.3rd Oct 1918)
John Tait served with the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Pte. Michael Tait
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Annitsford
(d.9th July 1917)
Michael Tait is buried in Dickebusch Cemetery
Sgt. Robert Thomas Tait
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 18th & 14th DLI
Pte. T. Tait
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Capt. A. Tait-Knight
Army 22nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. M L Taitt
British West Indies Regiment
(d.30th August 1919)
Private Taitt is buried in the Westbury Cemetery, St. Michael, Barbados
L/Cpl. Alfred James Takle
British Army Somerset Light Infantry
from:Bristol
Prior to WW1 when he joined the Army, Alfred Takle had previously served a year in the Royal Marines. He enlisted in March 1916 and was discharged due to sickness in June 1917. At the time he was married with 4 children. The youngest was about 6 months old when he enlisted. He died in 1927, aged 38. His widow lived for another 41 years.
Bmbdr. Alfred Stephen Talbot
British Army 114th Brigade, B Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:London
Alfred Talbot served with B Battery, 114th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
L/Cpl Edmund George Talbot
British Army 6th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Brandon, Suffolk
(d.3rd October 1916)
Frederick James Talbot
British Army 6th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
(d.24th August 1918)
Pte. George William Harwood Talbot
British Army 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers
George Talbot served with 3rd Royal Fusiliers. The London Section of the National Roll of the Great War records, He volunteered in November 1914, and during his service in France, which lasted nearly three years, took part in. several engagements, including those of the Somme, Ypres, Bapaume, Cambrai and Arras, and was twice wounded and gassed. After being in hospital iu France, he was invalided to England, and was ultimately discharged as medically unfit for further service in October 1918. He holds the 1914-15 Star and the General Service and Victory Medals. 38, Hilmer Street, West Kensington.
L/Cpl. George Talbot
British Army 2nd Battalion Cameronians Scottish Rifles
from:London
George Talbot was a POW in Stendal prisoner of war camp
2nd Lt. Henry Waletr Talbot
British Army 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Henry Walter Talbot served with the 9th and 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers during the Great War. Previous to that he was with the Army Service Corps. He was a Sergeant with the 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers serving in Macedonia and on strong recommendation of his commanding officer he returned to England and trained at Gidea Hall, Romford. He passed out on the 31st of July 1917 as a commissioned officer with honour and re-joined the Royal Welsh Fusiliers as 2nd Lieutenant. When Armistice came he was serving as acting Captain on the Somme with the 9th Battalion.
Pte. James Talbot
British Army 9th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:3 Booth St, Haslingden, Lancashire
(d.20th Jun 1917)
James Talbot died of his wounds aged 29. Buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extention, France. He formerly served as 29704 with The East Lancs Regt.
Pte James Talbot
British Army 9th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
from:Haslingden, Lancashire
(d.20th June 1917)
James Talbot was my grandmother's brother. He died as a result of his wounds on the 20th June 1917 and is buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extention, France. A tribute to him appears on the family grave in Haslingden Cemetery.
Before serving with the Loyals he had served as a Private in the East Lancs Regiment (S/N 24704). Other than these uncovered facts little is known of James. He was 29 at death and we have been unable to uncover whether he was married, although we suspect he wasn't. At the time of his death the 9th Battalion, 25th Division was engaged in the Battle of Messines, Flanders. We do not know when, how or the type of wounds that James succumbed to.
Pte. John Talbot
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Southmoor
(d.5thApril 1917)
John Talbot is buried in Savy Brit. Cemetery, he was aged 31.
Pte. Michael Talbot
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Pte. Richard Talbot
British Army 13th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:West Norwood
(d.25th Nov 1917)
CQMS. Thomas Alfred Talbot 1914 Star
British Army 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards
from:Bermondsey
Thomas Alfred Talbot born 28th September 1895, entered service 8th April 1911 aged 15 years as an errand boy with the coldstream guards 3rd Battalion. As did his five Brothers William, James, Stephen, Frederick, and Albert. His Father William was in the 1st Battalion of 2nd Queens Royal Reg at Aldershot in 1881.
From 8/4/1911 he remained home till 30/8/1914 where he was then posted to France & Belgium in the B.E.F returning home in the October 1914. There then followed another posting with B.E.F in September 1916 till September 1919 France, he returned home till September 1922 and his first Daughter Florence was born 1920, and my Mother Violet in 1926. During 1914-1918 most of his Brothers died, possibly in France. Thomas was posed to Egypt in September 1922 returning October 1923, he then remained home.
His total service was 24 years 84 days, his military conduct was Exemplary, his testimonial, a throughly efficient and reliable CQMS, who works hard and is very thorough, showing marked efficiency and powers of organisation etc. My Grandfather was discharged on 30th June 1936 London. He passed away in the early 1970's. My Mother passed away in 2014, leaving me with precious documents, and an insight into this man that I knew very little about.
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