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Taylor, R., Pte., 1916
In Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, is the Commonwealth War Grave of 23/632 Private Robert Taylor, serving with the 23rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, who died 07/06/1916.

Acknowledgments Margaret .AEllison.

Morpeth Herald 07/07/1916 carries a brief obituary:
Mr and Mrs Foster, of Shankhouse Terrace, Shankhouse, have received information that their son-in-law, Private Robert Taylor, N.F., has been killed in action. Private Taylor was well known in the Cramlington district, and for a great number of years worked as a hewer at the Cramlington Ann Pit. Before joining the Colours he went to work at the Ashington collieries, where he leaves a widow and nine children.

Robert Taylor is remembered in Ashington on A17.01 (A11.27) and A17.43


The CWGC entry for Private Taylor

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