Photo: Dorothy Hall
Photo: Dorothy Hall
Son of William and Mary Taylor; husband of Harriett Jane Welburn Taylor of Spennymoor.
The headstone reads:-
In loving memory of
Flt. Sgt. George R.T. Taylor R.A.F.
beloved husband of Harriett Taylor
killed in action 18 Dec. 1944
aged 36 years
Also Clifford the beloved son of
William and Ellen Crawford
died 16th Feb. 1954
aged 28 years
William Crawford
died 5th Dec. 1973
aged 90 years
Ellen Crawford
died 10th Dec. 1980
aged 89 years
First Block
Harriett
J.W. Taylor
died
30 November
2005
aged 93
Second Block
A
token of respect
from
Smart and Brown Ltd.
Spennymoor
F.Sgt Taylor was serving with 3 LFS (Lancaster Finishing School). He was a crew member of Lancaster I R5846 A5-H which took off from Feltwell on a training exercise. On returning to base, the aircraft collided with another Lancaster. All members of both crews were killed.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses Vol.8: Heavy Conversion Units and Miscellaneous Units, 1939-1947; W.R. Chorley; Midland Publishing; 2003; ISBN 1 85780 156 3; P180.
George Ridley Telford Taylor is remembered at Kirk Merrington on K26.01 and at Spennymoor on S131.02 and S131.04
