Fernie Harper Taylor MM

Rank:

Sergeant

Regimental number:

437209

Unit at enlistment:

51st Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

St. George Cemetery, St. George, Ontario

Awards or decorations:

Military Medal

Commemorated at:

St. George Memorial Plaque

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

St. George, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Edmonton, Alberta

Next of kin address:

St. George, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Draughtsman

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Gallantry medals:

Yes

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Letters and documents

London Gazette: 31173
Date: February 11, 1918
Honour or Award: Military Medal
Authority: 1st D.O. 5429, September 28, 1918
Name: Taylor, Fernie Harper (437209)
Unit: 15th Battalion

BX October 12, 1916

Lance Corporal Fernie Harper Taylor, of St. George, is amongst the wounded. He is a single man, 19 years of age, and left with a draft from the 2nd Dragoons.

BX October 19, 1916

St. George Hero Has Been Wounded – Pte. Fernie Harper Taylor Struck in Arm and Forehead by Shrapnel

Word was received here this week that Pte. Fernie Taylor, who enlisted with a Calgary battalion, and who is a St. George boy, has been wounded in the arm and forehead.

BX October 20, 1962

Fernie Harper Taylor

ST. GEORGE – Fernie H. Taylor died Friday in Hotel Dieu Hospital, Windsor. Born in Clyde Ont., he was raised in St. George and later went to Windsor where he was an architect. He was a member of the Chalmers United Church, Windsor. Surviving are his wife, the former Alice Howell, one son, Howard; two daughters, Joyce and Mrs. George (Leone) Bailey of Windsor; two brothers William D. Taylor of St. George and Earl Taylor of Aldershot. Mr. Taylor is at the Glaves Funeral Home, St. George. The funeral will be held Monday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in the St. George Cemetery. Rev. A.F. Elliott of the St. George United Church will officiate.