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First name(s) James
Last name Taylor
Service number 50781
Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps
Unit / Battalion 318th Field Ambulance
Event year 1919
Age 30
Birth year 1889
Birth town -
Birth county Lancashire
Birth country England
Residence town Wigan
Residence county Lancashire
Series WO 363
Record set British Army Service Records 1914-1920
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War
Collections from Great Britain

Discharged:- 26/02/1919
Address:- 10 Rose Street, Ince, Wigan
Trade:- Ironworker
Posted for duty:- 23/01/1915 at Wigan

EDIT:- Can rule this one out as next of kin is noted as
father:- Thomas Taylor

Thanks for that, Dea - I haven't actually tried it myself, apart from the basic free search.

Can I just say here that , in my opinion, that site is a total rip off - I found nothing on any of the records which gave any more detail than you would find on any other site.

There are only transcripts of the details of name, regiment and no. etc - no actual records at all !!!

Others on here will agree...............

Dea x

Try here:

forces-war-records.co.uk

This lists both those who died and those who survived the war.
It shows lots of J Taylors who were in the York & Lancaster Regiment in WW1 (assuming your James was still a soldier then - of course he may have been in a different regiment by then).

You'll need to buy a subscription to view the details of each record, but a one-month sub is only £8.95. I'm not sure how much detail they give - whether you'd be able to identify your James from it or not.

PLEASE NOTE: The sub will renew automatically until you cancel it.

Thank you Choccy :-) I wonder if I can find out more about his military career to confirm that it is him.

1911 England Census

Name:James Taylor

Age in 1911:21

Estimated birth year:abt 1890

Birth Place:
Wigan, Lancashire, England

County/Island:Military

Country:England

Military Unit:1st Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment

Registration District Number:641

ED, institution, or vessel:India

Piece:34983

I'm trying to find out what happened to James taylor born 24 Aug 1889 in Wigan, son of John Taylor and Jane Brown,

In 1891 he was living at 13, Castle Street, Wigan, Lancashire, England with his parents and brother John Arthur.

In 1901 he was living at 97 Queens Street, Wigan, Lancashire, England; his father had died so was living with his mother and brother.

That's where I lose track of him.

His mother remarried to Gerald Bertie Finley in December 1901. She was living in Wigan in 1911 with her son John Arthur, her husband Gerald was boarding elsewhere. Jane was living in Liverpool in 1939, She died in 1943 in Liverpool.

Her son John Arthur was also living with his family in Liverpool in 1939.

Any help appreciated :-)