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Jan 19, 1872
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Born in Hastings, Sussex, England
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Apr 29, 1901
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Married to Eva Frances Hewitt in Hastings,
Sussex, England
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Nov 6, 1914
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Attested into the 21st Battalion in
Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 59954 (temporary number
267)
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs. Eva
Taylor, wife, Ball St., Cobourg, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Labourer
Ø Previous military service
given as Royal Sussex Fusiliers with service in India and South Africa
Ø Religion given as Church of
England
Ø Posted to “C” Company
o
This
was later reorganized into “B” Company
The 21st Battalion trained in the Kingston, Ontario
area through the winter of 1914-15.
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Jan 1, 1915
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Appointed to the provisional rank of Sergeant
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport, England and the
battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe, Kent to continue
training
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Jun 9, 1915
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Admitted to the Moore Barracks Hospital in
Shorncliffe with a diagnosis that reads Malaria
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Jun 25, 1915
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Transferred to the Monks Horton Hospital in Hythe
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Jul 1, 1915
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Confirmed in the rank of Sergeant
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Jul 22, 1915
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Discharged to duty from hospital
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Sep 8, 1915
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Medical exam in West Sandling notes
Ø Man suffers from Chronic
Gastritis
Ø Has vomiting and severe pain
when eating
Ø He is unable to work due to
vomiting and pain
Ø Has lost 25 pounds since
enlisting
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Sep 9, 1915
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Transferred to the 39th Reserve
Battalion in Sandling
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Sep 24, 1915
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Embarked the SS Missanabie in Liverpool
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Oct 3, 1915
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Disembarked in Quebec City, Quebec and Taken On
Strength the Quebec Discharge Depot
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Jan 4, 1916
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Discharged from the CEF in Cobourg, Ontario
Ø Rank on discharge Sergeant
Ø Entitled to War Service Badge
Class “B”
Ø Proposed residence on
discharge Cobourg, Ontario
Following the end of the war, he was entitled to
the British War Medal only. However,
his record indicates that the Victory Medal was sent to him at Box 722
Cobourg, Ontario
in error
as well as the British War Medal
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Jul 1, 1918
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Admitted to the Queen’s Military Hospital in
Kingston, Ontario with a diagnosis that reads Chronic Gastritis
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Jul 4, 1918
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Discharged from hospital
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Mar 10, 1954
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Charles Taylor died of Pulmonary Oedema while a
patient of the Cobourg General Hospital and was buried in the St. Peter’s
Cemetery, Cobourg
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