wulsten Posted 16 May , 2011 Share Posted 16 May , 2011 Researching a family from Hanley named Taylor and found that of six brothers five died during the Great war, William Taylor 15174 7th North Staffs survived though he suffered severe wounds on two occassions. George Henry 8062 7th North Staffs DOW 6/4/16 Bertie 57730 10th Lancs Fusiliers DOW 18/10/18 Arthur 10969 1st Cameronians DOW 17/10/16 Thomas 10956 1st Cameronians DOW 14/4/18 Jesse 10522 7th North Staffs Died 8/11/15 Attached is a newspaper entry May 1916, how many other families suffered such losses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Birch Posted 16 May , 2011 Share Posted 16 May , 2011 I know this sort of thing is not unknown, but it still has the power to shock. Terrible business. Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulsten Posted 17 May , 2011 Author Share Posted 17 May , 2011 Simon, thanks for the reply, it is a very sad story indeed, Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th Shropshires Posted 17 May , 2011 Share Posted 17 May , 2011 One can only half imagine how bad this was to the family, losing one son would be bad enough but five, so sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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