Person:Benjamin Taylor (63)

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Name Benjamin William Taylor
Gender Male
Birth? 13 Jan 1897 Rotherhithe, Surrey, England6 Osprey Street
Marriage 8 Nov 1919 Deptford St. Nicholas, London, EnglandMetropolitan Borough of Greenwich
to Annie Elizabeth Willett
Death? 1970 Woolwich Registration District, London, England
Burial? Hither Green, London, EnglandCemetery

1901 - With parents and sister at 4 Reculver Rd, St Pauls Deptford. Benjamin TAYLOR, aged 4, born at Rotherhithe, London.

1914-1918 - Benjamin TAYLOR served with 16th Queens Lancers before the age of 18yrs. He entered the 1914-18 war under age with the royal artillery as a driver on horse. He enlisted under the name Henry BAKER.

He deserted the army to join his father in the Navy. He was later taken to court for desertion but was let off as he was still fighting the war. (Taylor/Willett Family Tree at Ancestry.com)

1929 - Recorded in London Electoral register as Benjamin William TAYLOR at 132 Trundley's Rd, Deptford [with wife, mother-in-law and 4 others].