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Pte. John Taylor
British Army 15th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
(d.27th Jan 1917)
Pte. John Taylor served with the Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 27th January 1917 and is buried in Bertrancourt Military Cemetery, Bertrancourt, France.
Having been convicted of quitting his post and sentenced to five years penal servitude which was suspended he saw service with his Battalion on the Somme before being executed for desertion.