Frederick Matthew Taylor

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Frederick Matthew Taylor was born in 1898 in Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He was the son of Henry Taylor, a labourer, and Emily Sarah Taylor (née Frost). At the time of the 1911 Census he was still at School and living at 1 French Mill Lane, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He enlisted on 23rd May, 1916, and was placed on reserve until mobilized on 5 Feb 1917 when he joined the 7th Battalion of the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment as a Private (Service Nos. 5804 & 242253). He served in France and Flanders from 12 Sep 1917 and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. He was presumed killed in action for official purposes at Ypres on 12th October 1917 only one month after his arrival in France. His name appears on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium (Panel 106 to 108). His service record in 1916 shows that he was single and that his home address had become 4 Love Lane, Shaftesbury. He is also remembered on the Park Walk War Memorial, Shaftesbury, and on the Holy Trinity Memorial, now in St. Peter's Church, Shaftesbury.  His father was eventually in receipt of his monies due. There is no apparent record of any dependent's pension being awarded.