Tayler E H 2nd Lt 1st York And Lancs Regiment
TAYLER, ERIC HARDWICK, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. York and Lancaster Regt., 2nd s. of Archdale Tayler, of Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand, Accountant, by his wife, (-), dau. of J. G. Culpan, of Auckland; and grandson of the late Rev. Archdale Wilson Tayler, of Leeds, England; b. 15 Jan. 1894; educ. Auckland Grammar School; St. John’s College, Taniaka (where he held a Maria Blackett Scholarship), and Auckland University College. He received a commission in the Coast Defence Detachment of the 3rd (Auckland) Regt., 11 March, 1912, and in March, 1914, sat for the examination open to the Territorial Forces of Canada, South Africa, Malay, and Australasia, for direct commissions in the regular Army. There were about 180 candidates, and Lieut. Tayler headed the list with 3,307 marks, out of the possible 4,500. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the York and Lancaster Regt. 20 June, 1914, and left Auckland two days before the outbreak of war to join his regiment at Jubbulpore, India. From there they were ordered to England and went to the front early in 1915. After about a fortnight in the trenches he contracted pneumonia and was admitted to the Clearing Station at Hazebrouck, France, 31 Jan. 1915, and died 9 Feb. following of double pneumonia; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1