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Pte. Samuel Taylor
British Army 12th Bn King's (Liverpool) Regiment
from:Salford, Lancashire
(d.20th Nov 1917)
Samuel Taylor was born on 10 December 1887 at 11 Hothersall Street, Lower Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England. He was a typewriter mechanic and worked at the Smith Premier Typewriter Company of 70 Bridge Street, Deansgate, Manchester. During WW1 he enlisted in the army in Broughton, Salford and first joined the Lancashire Fusileers [41566], although later he was transferred to the King's (Liverpool) Regiment [50488]. Sailing to France to join the British Expeditionary Force, he left behind his wife Ellen and daughters, Lilian and Jessie at the family home at 14 Buckley Street, Lower Broughton. After surviving several campaigns during the war, Sam was killed on the first day of the Battle of Cambrai in 1917 and is buried where he fell in Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery near the small village of Villers-Plouich in northern France.
