Daniel Mills Taylor · In memoriam
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Daniel Mills Taylor
1884 – 1917 · 33 years
Private 63852 24th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died aged 33 years. Husband of Alice Taylor, (nee Stoll), 24, Aubrey Street, Rochdale. Father of Norah (b.5.11.1915) & Cyril (b.1.3.1910). Son of Mary Jane and James Taylor. Brother of Thomas Edward, Benjamin, Bessie and James. Enlisted at Rochdale. Died at sea by drowning when the S.S Arcadian was torpedoed by UC-74 and Kptlt. Wilhelm Marchall, ship sank in less than six minutes with the loss of 277 men. Employed as a cop packer at Croft Mill, Rochdale.
