{"id":624,"date":"2015-12-10T22:35:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T22:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/?p=624"},"modified":"2020-05-01T18:31:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T18:31:20","slug":"taylor-edgar-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/12\/taylor-edgar-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor, Edgar Manfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Edgar\"Taylor\"\"EEdgar Manfield Taylor
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Rank:<\/em>\u00a0Private<\/p>\n

Regiment:<\/em>\u00a05th Somerset Light Infantry<\/p>\n

Parents:<\/em> Mr & Mrs R Taylor<\/p>\n

Brother:<\/em> Mr Taylor<\/a><\/p>\n

Address:<\/em>\u00a032 Vale Road, St Leonards<\/p>\n

Other Info:<\/em>\u00a0Worked for Parrs Bank in Hastings.\u00a0About to leave for India.<\/p>\n

The text of the article reads: “We received the above portraits on Friday, and with them the following letter:- “Guernsey”, Vale Road, St Leonards. Dear Sir, I enclose two photographs if you care to publish them in this week’s Pictorial, one of myself and one of my brother, who is in a football jersey, is a Private in the 2nd Dorset Regiment, and has been taken prisoner with General Townshend’s Force in Kut-el-Amara. He went through all the campaign, and was wounded at Christmas fighting near Baghdad. No news has been heard from him since December, although we believe he is quite safe. He was in Parr’s Bank, Hastings in 1912, and then left for their Bournemouth Branch, and was in the local YMCA football team. The other photograph is of myself, and tomorrow I am leaving to join my Regiment, the London Scottish, so hope to fill his place now he is handicapped for the duration of the war. I am only 18, am also at Parr’s Bank, Hastings.”<\/p>\n

The text in \u2018Prisoner of War\u2019 from September 1916 reads \u201cPrivate Taylor was in the Somerset Light Infantry and was wounded in Kut on 30th<\/sup> December 1915, and taken prisoner with the rest of the British Army. He is now at Yozgad. He has been able to write to his parents. On 12th<\/sup> July he said: \u201cIn perfect health, don\u2019t worry. Allowed four lines. So are you. Do send two packets of pipe \u2018bacca\u2019 weekly, also woollen socks, a shirt, pants, liver and kidney pills. Newspapers forbidden.\u201d On 20th<\/sup> July he wrote again: \u201clonging to be home\u201d. In a further communication he says: \u201cYozgad in mountains. Warm in summer. Very cold in winter \u2013 snow. In perfect health. Always thinking of you all. \u201c In a further postcard Private Taylor got the better of the Turkish Censor by addressing his communication to \u201cMrs Taylor, Dowewin, 32 Vale Road, etc. He concludes by asking \u201cHow is Uncle Frits getting on? Heard he had an accident at the seaside\u201d. The photograph was taken when Private Taylor was in India previous to going to Kut.\u201d<\/p>\n

Published:<\/em>\u00a0October 1914, May 1916 & September 1916<\/p>\n

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Edgar Manfield Taylor Rank:\u00a0Private Regiment:\u00a05th Somerset Light Infantry Parents: Mr & Mrs R Taylor Brother: Mr Taylor Address:\u00a032 Vale Road, St Leonards Other Info:\u00a0Worked for Parrs Bank in Hastings.\u00a0About to leave for India. The text of the article reads: “We received the above portraits on Friday, and with them the following letter:- “Guernsey”, Vale Road,<\/p>\n

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