TAYLER, Alfred Edgar

Gaza War CemeteryCredit: CWGC

Corporal
1st/8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles
Hampshire Regiment

Alfred was born 1893 in Newport to William Henry & Sarah Jane (nee ASHTON) TAYLER who were living at 34 Orchard Street in Newport around the time of Alfred’s death.

Alfred, aged 23, Died of Wounds on the 20th of April 1917 & is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery beneath a Commission Headstone alongside 3,216 of his First World War comrades, 781 of whom remain unidentified.

Alfred is also remembered on the Newport Borough & IW Rifles War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.