WOODSTOCK REMEMBERS

SERVICE RECORD

Names
Surname
TAYLOR
Forname(s)
Herbert Brotherton
Birthplace
Old Woodstock 16th September 1875. Baptised 2nd May 1876 Woodstock, Parish register
Family
Parents
John, a Marine (died 1886) and Mary Ann Taylor (remarried Michael Nelder)
Siblings
Beatrice Emily, Ralph and Kate (1891 Census)
Sydney John, William Brotherton, Beatrice Emily, Herbert Brotherton, Ralph. (1881 Census)

Brother of Sydney John Taylor died 1924
Address(es)
Cottage, Old Woodstock (1881 Census) Wootton (1891 Census) Living with Mary Ann and Michael Nelder Oxford Street, Woodstock (1911 Census) living with Mum Mary Ann Nelder.
Occupation
General labourer, plumber (1911 Census) aged 35 and single.
Listed as 'At the front' Bladon and Woodstock Parish magazine 1915
Service

Rank:

Number:

Regiment: Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

Death
Died December 1923 aged 48 Family still live in Woodstock.
Burial
Family grave at Hensington Cemetery, Woodstock A cross which is lying down so difficult to read. Inscription reads, HERBERT BROTHERTON TAYLOR DIED DECEMBER 1923 AGE 48 YEARS WAS TOTALLY DISABLED IN THE GREAT WAR AT REST?

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Who qualifies for a Commonwealth War Grave?

Researched by: Isabel Wheeler
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Oxfordshire/Woodstock.html
Ancestry, 'Photos credit of CWGC'. Commonwealth War Grave Commission, Photograph of War grave courtesy of the Taylor family. Local collection, Woodstock (Parish magazine) Oxfordshire County Museum, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock,
Local Historian Patricia Crutch.