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Stkr.1stCl. Gelert Grafton Taylor

Royal Navy HMS Penelope

from:Portsmouth

(d.18th Feb 1944)

Stoker 1st Class Gelert Taylor served on HMS Penelope (The Pepperpot). He was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire in 1904. My grandfather, Gelert, died when HMS Penelope was torpedoed on 18th February 1944. He was married. His wife Ivy and their three children Phyllis, Mary and John, found it difficult to deal with their loss living through the blitz in Portsmouth. Gelert's wife Ivy lived to a ripe old age and she always spoke about him with love and affection.



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