British Army Veterinary Corps
George Charles TAYLOR
Captain
Died 6 September 1918 · Aged 24
His story
Captain George Charles Taylor MRCVS was the son of Charles Taylor of Nottingham. Taylor had a successful college career and, immediately upon receiving his diploma, joined the veterinary service, where he was sent to France within a fortnight.
He served his country for 2 1/2 years, and it was whilst working in an exposed place one day that a bomb from an aeroplane burst near him, wounding him severely. He fell into the arms of an officer friend and died in a few hours.
Captain Taylor’s death notice appeared in The Veterinary Record on 1 February 1919.
Photographs and documents
Before the war
- Nationality
- British
- Date of Birth
- 1894
- Place of Birth
- Nottingham, Nottingham, England
- Veterinary College and Date of Graduation
- London - July 1916
Military service
- Last Rank
- Captain
- Regiment/Service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Secondary Regiment
- Royal Field Artillery
- Secondary Unit
- 26th Brigade
- First Theatre of War
- France 1916
Medals and commemoration
- Name on RCVS Honour Board
- Yes
- Name In Officers who died in Great War
- Yes
- Medals and Awards
- British War Medal 1914-1918; Victory Medal
Death and burial
- Date of Death
- 6 September 1918
- Age at Death
- 24
- Place of Death
- France
- Cause of Death
- Killed by bomb dropped by airplane
- Cemetery
- Sun Quarry Cemetery
- Location
- Cherisy, France
- Grave Reference
- F.2
- Commonwealth War Grave
- Yes - CWGC Headstone
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- The Veterinary Record, 1 February 1919 — cited in the earlier biography
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “George Charles Taylor”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/george_charles_taylor/.
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